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A small owl which has an overall pale rufous colour, a plain face, a pale yellow bill and yellow eyes. The pale stripe along the shoulders is quite obvious. The adults are pale rufous brown, finely spotted with white and barred with buff. The underparts are paler and more rufous with buff bars and white spots on the belly and vent. The tail, flight feathers and greater upperwing coverts are rufous barred with black. Length is about 15 cm (5.9 in), and wingspan is 45 cm (18 in). Voice: The sound is a long whistling "twooo" which descends in pitch.
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When to see the Sandy Scops Owl
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sandy Scops Owl
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon.
About the Sandy Scops Owl
The sandy scops owl, or cinnamon scops owl, is an owl from the family Strigidae found in Africa.
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Easily confused with
Principe Scops OwlOtus bikegilaVoice: The bird's call has been described as "tuu," repeated quickly, sometimes in duets.
Sula Scops OwlOtus sulaensisThe Sula scops owl, is a small owl in the scops-owl genus Otus found on the Sula Islands of Indonesia.
Banggai Scops OwlOtus mendeniThe Banggai scops owl is an owl found on Banggai Island in Indonesia.
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