Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Otus [scops or cyprius] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: ثبج اوروبي (قبرصي), ثَبَجٌ قُبْرُصِيٌّ
Asturian: Tubeca europea (cyprius)
Azerbaijani: Meşə bayquşu (cyprius yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Кіпрская соўка
Bulgarian: Кипърски чухал, Чухал (ssp. cyprius)
Breton: Toud korr Kiprenez
Catalan: Xot de Xipre, Xot eurasiàtic (cyprius)
Czech: výreček kyperský, výreček malý (ssp. cyprius)
Welsh: Tylluan sgops Cyprus
Danish: Cypern-dværghornugle, Cyprusdværghornugle
German: Zwergohreule (cyprius), Zwergohreule-cyprius, Zypern-Zwergohreule
Greek: Γκιώνης (cyprius), Κυπριακός γκιώvης, Κυπριακός Γκιώνης
English: Commun scops owl, Cyprus Common Scops-Owl, Cyprus Scops Owl, Cyprus Scops-owl, Cyrprus Scops-Owl, Eurasian scops owl, Eurasian Scops-Owl (Cyprus), European Scops-Owl (Cyprus)
English (United Kingdom): Cyprus Scops Owl, Eurasian Scops Owl (Cyprus), European Scops Owl (Cyprus)
English, HBW: Eurasian Scops-owl (Cyprus)
English (IOC): Cyprus Scops Owl
English (Kenya): Eurasian Scops Owl (Cyprus)
English (UAE): Eurasian Scops Owl (Cyprus)
English (United States): Cyprus Scops-Owl, Eurasian Scops-Owl (Cyprus)
Esperanto: Cipra orelstrigo
Spanish: Autillo Chipriota, Autillo Europeo (chipriota)
Spanish (Spain): Autillo chipriota, Autillo europeo (Chipriota), Autillo Europeo (cyprius)
Spanish (HBW): European Scops-Owl (Cyprus)
Basque: Apo-hontza (cyprius)
Persian: مرغ حق معمولی (cyprius)
Finnish: kyläpöllönen (cyprius), Kyproksenkyläpöllönen
French: Petit-duc de Chypre, Petit-duc scops (cyprius)
Irish: Mionulchabhán Cipireach
Galician: Moucho de orellas de Chipre, Moucho de orellas europeo (cyprius)
Hebrew: שעיר מצוי (קפריסאי), שעיר קפריסאי
Croatian: ciparski ćuk
Hungarian: Ciprusi füleskuvik
Armenian: Եվրոպական բվիկ (cyprius)
Icelandic: Kýpurugla, Skopugla (cyprius)
Italian: Assiolo di Cipro
Japanese (romaji): yo-roppakonohazuku (cyprius)
Japanese: キプロスコノハズク, ヨーロッパコノハズク (cyprius)
Scientific: Otus cyprius, Otus scops cyprius, Scops cypria
Lithuanian: Apuokėlis (cyprius), Kiprinis apuokėlis
Latvian: Kipras pūcīte
Macedonian: Кипарски ќук
Dutch: Cyprische dwergooruil, Cyprusdwergooruil, Dwergooruil (Cyprus)
Norwegian: Afroditeugle, dverghornugle (cyprius), dverghornugle (cyprius) (afroditeugle)
Polish: syczek cypryjski, syczek cypryjski (O.s. cyprius)
Portuguese: Mocho-d'orelhas-de-chipre
Portuguese (Portugal): Mocho-d'orelhas-do-chipre
Rhaeto-Romance: Piv nanin da Cipra
Romanian: Ciuş de Cipru
Russian: Кипрская сплюшка, Сплюшка (cyprius)
Northern Sami: Kyprosbealljeloađgu
Slovak: výrik cyperský, výrik cyperský (skup.)
Slovenian: Ciprski skovik, Veliki skovik (cyprius)
Serbian: Ćuk (cyprius), Kiparski ćuk
Swedish: cyperndvärguv, dvärguv (cyprius)
Turkish: İshakkuşu (cyprius), Kıbrıs ishakkuşu, Kıbrıs İshakkuşu
Ukrainian: Сплюшка (євразійська) кіпрська, сплюшка кіпрська
Chinese: 塞普路斯角鸮, 西红角鸮 (cyprius)
Chinese (Traditional): 塞普路斯角鴞