Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Oosterse skopsuil
Azerbaijani: Şərq meşə bayquşu
Bulgarian: Ориенталски чухал
Bengali: উদয়ী নিমপ্যাঁচা, িঈদয়ী চনভ঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (Bangladesh): উদয়ী নিম প্যাঁচা
Bengali (India): উদয়ী নিম প্যাঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): udaẏī nimapyām̐cā
Catalan: Xot oriental
Czech: výreček asijský, Výrecek jihoasijský, výreček jihoasijský, výreček plavý
Welsh: Tylluan sgops ddwyreiniol
Danish: Bleg Dværghornugle, Lys dværghornugle
German: Orient-Zwergohreule, Streifeneule, Streifenohreule
English: Asian Scops-Owl, Common Scops Owl, Common Scops-Owl, East Asian Screech-Owl, Eastern Scops-Owl, European Scops Owl, Indian Scops-Owl, Little Scops-Owl, North Indian Scops Owl, Oriental Scops Owl, Oriental Scops-Owl, Orientala Scops-Owl
English (Avilist): Oriental Scops-Owl
English (United Kingdom): Oriental Scops Owl
English, HBW: Oriental Scops-owl
English (IOC): Oriental Scops Owl
English (United States): Oriental Scops-Owl
Esperanto: orienta orelstrigeto, Orienta orelstrigo
Spanish: Autillo Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Autillo Oriental
Spanish (HBW): Oriental Scops-Owl
Estonian: ida-salupäll
Persian: مرغ حق خاوری
Finnish: Idänkyläpöllönen
French: Petit-duc d’Orient, Petit-duc de Bruce, Petit-duc d'Orient, Petit-duc indien, Petit-duc oriental
French (Guyane): Petit-duc d'Orient
Frisian: Easterske lytse earûle
Irish: Mionulchabhán oirthearach
Galician: Moucho de orellas oriental
Gujarati: ડાંગી ચુગ્ગડ
Hebrew: שעיר משורטט
Croatian: Istočnoazijski ćuk, Orijentalni ćuk
Hungarian: keleti füleskuvik
Indonesian: Burung Celepuk Asia, Celepuk Asia
Icelandic: Geirugla
Italian: Assiolo orientale
Japanese (romaji): ko-no-ha zuku, konohazuku, Konoha-zuku
Japanese: コノハズク, コノハヅク
Japanese (Kanji): 木の葉木菟
Mongolian, Halh: ердийн орволго, орволго
Kazakh: Уссурия қоңыр көбелегі
Kannada: ಉಲೂಕ
Korean: 소쩍새
Korean (Transliteration): sojjeok-sae
Kirghiz: Уссури бабырганы, Чыгыш Азия бабырганы
Scientific: Ephialtes Brucei, Otus brucei, Otus brucei brucei, Otus scops stictonotus, Otus scops sunia, Otus sunia, Otus sunia stictonotus, Otus sunia sunia, Scops stictonotus, Scops sunia, Scops zorca asiaticus
Lithuanian: Rytinis apuokėlis
Latvian: austrumu pūcīte
Malayalam: സൈരന്ധ്രി നത്ത്
Mongolian: ердийн орволго, Ойн орволго, орволго, улаавар орволго
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠣᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠣᠷᠪᠣᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ 
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠯᠠᠪᠢᠷ ᠣᠷᠪᠠᠯᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Улаавар орволго
Mongolian (Transliteration): oiŋ orovlog , ulaavar orovlog
Malay: Burung Jampuk Kecil, Burung Jampuk Kubur, Burung Kuang Kuik, Jampuk Kecil, Jampuk Kecil Asia
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): улаавар орволго
Nepali: लोखर्के उलूक
Dutch: Gestreepte dwergooruil, Oosterse Dwergooruil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientugle
Norwegian: Orientugle, Ravineugle
Punjabi: ਕਬਰਾ ਚੁਗਲ
Polish: syczek indyjski
Pinyin: bàngchuí què, dōngfāng jiǎo-xiāo, guō-guō-niǎo, hóng jiǎo-xiāo, jiǎo-xiāo, pǔtōng xiāo, yè māozi
Portuguese: Mocho-d'orelhas-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): mocho-d'orelhas-oriental
Rhaeto-Romance: Piv nanin oriental
Romanian: Ciuş oriental
Russian: Буланая совка, Буланая совка - Малая сова Паллида, восточная совка, Восточная сплюшка, Восточно-азиатская совка, Восточноазиацкая Совка, Пустынная совка, Совка буланая, Совка уссурийская, Уссурийская совка, Уссурийския совка, Усурийская
Northern Sami: Nuortabealljeloađgu
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Peradigu Kanbassa
Slovak: výrik bledý, výrik sunia
Serbian: Orijentalni ćuk
Swedish: Blek dvärguv, Orientalisk dvärguv, Orientdvärguv
Thai: นกเค้าหูยาวเล็ก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰáw hŭu-yaaw lék
Turkish: Çizgili ishakkuşu, Çizgili İshakkuşu, Çizgili şshakkuşu, Uzakdoğu ishakkuşu, Uzakdoğu İshakkuşu, Uzakdoğulu İshakkuşu
Ukrainian: Сплюшка східноазійська
Vietnamese: Chim Cú mèo nhỏ, Chim Cú mèo phương Đông, Cú mèo nhỏ
Chinese: 东方角鸮, 夜猫子, 普通鸮, 東方角鴞, 棒槌雀, 紅角鴞, 红角鸮, 红角鸮（东方角鸮）, 纵纹角鸮, 聒聒鸟子, 角鸮
Chinese (Hong Kong): 紅角鴞
Chinese (Traditional): 夜貓子, 普通鴞, 東方角鴞, 棒槌雀, 紅角鴞, 聒聒鳥子, 角鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 東方角鴞, 角鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 东方角鸮, 角鸮