Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl
Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis] (= Otus scops) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The Eurasian scops owl, also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Otus
Scientific:
Otus scops
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.92
Protonym:
Strix Scops
Type locality:
Europe, restricted type locality, Italy.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/110/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1B50D13B21BE4261
Avibase ID:
avibase-1B50D13B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1B50D13B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555376
Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl
French:
Petit-duc scops, P.-d. d'Orient, P.-d. de Mindoro ou P.-d. élégant
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Otus [scops, sunia or mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl ( Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis]) |
| Clements 1st edition: Common Scops Owl ( Otus scops) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Common Scops Owl ( Otus scops) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Otus scops |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Otus scops |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Otus scops |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Otus scops [sensu lato]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: الثبج
Asturian: Coruxín
Azerbaijani: Meşə bayquşu
Belarusian: Соўка-сплюшка
Bulgarian: Чухал
Breton: Ar toud korr
Catalan: Xot
Catalan (Balears): Mussol
Valencian: Duc petit
Czech: výreček malý
Chuvash: Пĕчĕк тăмана
Welsh: Tylluan scops
Danish: Dværghornugle
German: Zwergohreule
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Γκιώνης
Greek (Cypriot): Θουπί
English: Common Scops Owl, Common, Oriental, Mindoro, Ryukyu or Mantanani Scops Owl
Esperanto: malgranda orelstrigo
Spanish: Autillo de Mindanao
Spanish (Mexico): Buho-cornudo Caricafe
Estonian: mindanao päll
Basque: Apo-hontza
Finnish: kyläpöllönen
Faroese: Lítil kattúla
French: Petit-duc scops, Petit-duc scops, P.-d. d'Orient, P.-d. de Mindoro ou P.-d. élégant
Friulian: Çus
Irish: Ulchabhán Scopach
Galician: Moucho de orellas
Hebrew: שעיר מצוי
Croatian: Ćuk
[HSB]: Lěsawa
Hungarian: Füleskuvik
Armenian: Եվրոպական Բվիկ
Icelandic: Skopugla
Italian: Assiolo
Japanese (romaji): mindanaokonohazuku
Japanese: ミンダナオコノハズク
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ木の葉木菟
Georgian: წყრომი
Khakas: Паан
Kazakh: Маубас жапалақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): mawbas japalaq
Korean: 소쩍새
Cornish: Oula kernik
Scientific: Otus [scops, sunia or mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis], Otus [scops, sunia, mindorensis, elegans or mantanensis], Otus scops, Otus scops scops, Strix Scops
Luxembourgish: Zwerghuereil
Ladin: Ciuita
Lithuanian: Paprastasis apuokėlis
Latvian: Mazā ausainā pūcīte
Macedonian: Ушест був
Mongolian: Орволго
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠶᠡᠷᠣᠳᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠣᠷᠪᠣᠯᠭᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠯᠠᠪᠢᠷ ᠣᠷᠪᠠᠯᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Улаавар орволго
Mongolian (Transliteration): orovlog
Malay: Burung hantu telinga panjang
Maltese: Kokka
Dutch: Dwergooruil
Norwegian: Dverghornugle
Occitan: Duganèl
Polish: syczek
Pinyin: hóng jiǎo-xiāo
Portuguese: Mocho-d'orelhas
Portuguese (Brazil): Mocho-dos-banhados
Romanian: Ciuş
[ROA]: piv nanin
Romany: Ciuf
Russian: Сплюшка
Sardinian: Tonca
Slovak: výrik lesný
Slovenian: veliki skovik
Albanian: Gjoni
Serbian: ćuk ušati
Swedish: Dvärguv
Swahili: Mtiti wa Ulaya
Thai: นกเค้าหูยาวเล็ก
Turkish: İshakkuşu
Tuvinian: Межерген
Ukrainian: Совка
Chinese: 西红角鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 紅角鴞
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