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What the Indian Scops Owl sounds like
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The Indian scops owl is a small 23–25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) owl, although it is one of the largest of the scops owls. Like other scops owls, it has small head tufts, or ears. The upperparts are grey or brown, depending on the morph, with faint buff spotting. The underparts are buff with fine darker streaking. The facial disc is whitish or buff, and the eyes are orange or brown. There is a buff neckband. Sexes are similar. The flight is deeply undulating. This species is very similar to the slightly larger partially migratory collared scops owl (Otus lettia) and the oriental scops owl (Otus sunia).
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When to see the Indian Scops Owl
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Indian Scops Owl
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Russia.
About the Indian Scops Owl
The Indian scops owl is a species of owl native to South Asia.
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Easily confused with
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensisThe African scops owl is a small owl, measuring 17 cm (6.7 in) in length.
Oriental Scops OwlOtus suniaThe oriental scops owl is a small, variably plumaged, yellow-eyed owl with ear-tufts which are not always erect.
Collared Scops OwlOtus lettiaThe collared scops owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Himalayas east to southern China, and Taiwan.
Side by side: Eurasian Scops Owl vs Indian Scops Owl · Elf Owl vs Indian Scops Owl · African Scops Owl vs Indian Scops Owl · Indian Scops Owl vs Oriental Scops Owl
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