Ryūkyū scops owl
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The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey and it has yellow eyes.
Distribution and habitat
It is found on the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, on Lanyu Island off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon, Philippines, in tropical or subtropical evergreen forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Subspecies
- O. e. elegans (Cassin, 1852)
- O. e. calayensis McGregor, 1904
- O. e. interpositus Kuroda, 1923
- O. e. botelensis Kuroda, 1928 - Lanyu Scops Owl
Notes
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