Mountain Scops Owl

What the Mountain Scops Owl sounds like

Recorded by Mandar Bhagat · Call · Kausani, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Mountain 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 March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mountain Scops Owl

The map shades 14 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Mountain Scops Owl

The mountain scops owl, sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Its range extends across much of south and southeast Asia, from Pakistan and the Himalayas in the northwest, through Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia in the east and south.

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Easily confused with

Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scopsThe Eurasian scops owl is 19–21 cm (7.5–8.3 in) in length with a wingspan of 47–54 cm (19–21 in). 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. Indian Scops OwlOtus bakkamoenaThe 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.