Torotoroka Scops Owl (Otus madagascariensis)

Subspecies

Genus	Species	subspecies	Region	Range
Otus	madagascariensis		AF	Madagascar

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

No description found,

Listen to the sound of Torotoroka Scops Owl

[audio:https://planetofbirds.com/MASTER/STRIGIFORMES/Strigidae/sounds/Torotoroka Scops Owl.mp3]

Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto

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Range

Africa : Madagascar

Habitat

Torotoroka Scops Owl is a common nocturnal species in forest and wooded habitat along western and southern coasts of Madagascar, favoring deciduous forest

Reproduction

Nesting reported in Nests are placed 3-8m above ground in tree cavities, and occasionally in ?abandoned nests’. It will also build a nest on the ground, probably due to a shortage of suitable cavities. Clutch size ranges from 2-5 eggs

Feeding habits

Probably mostly insects and small vertebrates.

Conservation

Birdlife does not recognize this species.
The Torotoroka Scops-owl (Otus madagascariensis) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its distribution and limits to the Malagasy Scops-owl O. rutilus, with which it was long considered conspecific, require further study

Migration

Resident