Serendib Scops Owl

When to see the Serendib Scops Owl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Serendib Scops Owl

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Serendib Scops Owl

The Serendib scops owl is the most recently discovered bird of Sri Lanka. It was originally located by its unfamiliar poo-ooo call in the Kitulgala rainforest by prominent Sri Lankan ornithologist Deepal Warakagoda. Six years later, it was finally seen by him on 23 January 2001 in Sinharaja, and formally described as a species new to science in 2004. Apart from Sinharaja and Kitulgala, it has also been found at Runakanda Reserve in Morapitiya and Eratna Gilimale. It is known as පඬුවන් බස්සා in Sinhala.

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Easily confused with

Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescensThe reddish scops owl measures 15-18 cm in length and has a body mass of 70-83 g. Everett's Scops OwlOtus everettiEverett's scops owl, also called Midanao lowland scops-owl is an owl species endemic to the Philippines. Cyprus Scops OwlOtus cypriusThe Cyprus scops owl is a small owl endemic to Cyprus.