The Philippine scops owl is a common owl, endemic to the Philippines, belonging to the family of the typical owls Strigidae. Other common names include "Otus Whitehead", "Whitehead scops owl" and "Luzon lowland scops owl". Everett's scops owl and Negros scops owls were formerly considered conspecific but are now classified as subspecies of Otus megalotis. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Walden, A 1875)
Reference:
Trans. Zool. Soc. London
9, pt.2 p.145
Protonym:
Scops megalotis
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96891#page/197/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
7D1ACC3EF48A7128
Avibase ID:
avibase-7D1ACC3E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7D1ACC3E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555385
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Luzon Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2021: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
Clements, version 2022: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
Clements, version 2023: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
Clements, version 2024: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 7] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
Clements, version 2015: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
Clements, version 2016: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
Clements, version 2017: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
Clements, version 2018: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
Clements, version 2019: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 5] |
eBird version 1.53: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
eBird version 2015: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
eBird version 2016: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 4] |
eBird version 2017: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2021: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2022: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2023: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2024: Philippine Scops-Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 7] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Otus megalotis megalotis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Luzon Lowland Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Luzon Lowland Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Luzon Lowland Scops-owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Philippine Scops Owl ( Otus megalotis) [version 7] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Otus megalotis megalotis [version 3] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Otus megalotis megalotis [version 6] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Otus [megalotis, nigrorum or everetti]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
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