[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Otus magicus | [authority] Muller, 1841 | [UK] Moluccan Scops Owl | [FR] Petit duc mysterieux | [DE] Molukken-Zwergohreule | [ES] Autillo Moluqueno | [NL] Molukse Dwergooruil
Subspecies
Monotypic species
Genus
Members of the genus Otus are the Scops and Screech owls. They are relatively small owls, with short, rounded wings. Most have erectile ear-tufts. Otus is a worldwide genus, containing some 45 species.
Physical charateristics
Three different morphs, grey-brown, rufous and yellow-brown. Facial disk rufous to grey. short white eyebrowes. crown dark-streaked, upperparts, barred and streaked. flight feathers barred white. Tail with thin pale brown bars. Underparts much paler than upperparts, often seemingly random streaked and barred. Iris yellow.
Listen to the sound of Moluccan Scops Owl
[audio:https://planetofbirds.com/MASTER/STRIGIFORMES/Strigidae/sounds/Moluccan Scops Owl.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
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Range
Australasia : Moluccas, Lesser Sundas
Habitat
Prefers forest, coastal swamp forest, sometimes in limestone forert and trees in settlements. Found up to 900m, sometimes even 1200m
Reproduction
Nests in tree cavity, no further data.
Feeding habits
Mainly insects, sometimes small vertebrates.
Video Moluccan Scops Owl
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujt0bi1d9ck
copyright: Martin Kennewell
Conservation
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Resident
Distribution map
