Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] (Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])

Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis]

Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] (= Otus lettia) (Hodgson, BH 1836)

The collared scops owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh ,the Himalayas east to south China, and Taiwan. It is partially migratory, with some birds wintering in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. This species was formerly considered to be included within what is now separated as the Indian scops owl. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Otus
Scientific:
  Otus lettia

Original description

Citation:
(Hodgson, BH 1836)

Reference:
Asiat. Res. Trans. Soc. Bengal 19 p.176

Protonym:
Scops lettia

Type locality:
Nepal.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137987#page/226/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
9EC1DBC60E4E41F0

Avibase ID:
avibase-9EC1DBC6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9EC1DBC6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 1063232

Geographic range:

Otus bakkamoena plumipes: western Himalayas (northern Pakistan to western Nepal)
Otus lettia lettia: eastern Nepal, northeastern India (south to Odisha and northeastern Ghats), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina
Otus lettia erythrocampe: southeastern China and northwestern Vietnam
Otus lettia glabripes: Taiwan
Otus lettia umbratilis: Hainan (southern China)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis]
French:
Petit-duc à collier [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Collared Scops-Owl [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis] ( Otus lettia [incl. plumipes, excl. ussuriensis])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
Clements, version 2022: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
Clements, version 2023: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
Clements, version 2017: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
Clements, version 2018: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
Clements, version 2019: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 5]
eBird version 2017: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Collared Scops-Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Collared Scops-owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 2]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 6]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 6]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Collared Scops Owl ( Otus lettia) [version 6]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Otus lettia [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Otus [bakkamoena, semitorques or lettia]

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Otus [lettia or lempiji] (taxon group)

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