Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Hodgson, BH 1836)

Reference:
   Asiat. Res. Trans. Soc. Bengal 19 p.175

Protonym:
  Scops sunia

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F429D9467CBA2617

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F429D946

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F429D946

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177882

Geographic range:

• Otus sunia sunia: N Pakistan to Bangladesh and n India
• Otus sunia malayanus: southern China (Yunnan to e Guangdong); at least partially migratory, wintering to the southern Malay Peninsula and perhaps to northern Sumatra
• Otus sunia rufipennis: S India
• Otus sunia leggei: Sri Lanka
• Otus sunia modestus: Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina; Andaman, Nicobar is.
• Otus sunia distans: northern and eastern Thailand and Indochina
• Otus sunia nicobaricus: Nicobar Islands
• Otus sunia stictonotus: breeds southeastern Siberia to northeastern China, Sakhalin I. and northern Korea; winters southeastern China south at least to southern Thailand
• Otus sunia japonicus: breeds Japan; at least partially migratory, but winter range not well documented
• Otus mindorensis: Montane forests of Mindoro (Philippines)
• Otus elegans elegans: Ryukyu Islands (s Japan)
• Otus elegans interpositus: Daito Islands (s Japanese Archipelago)
• Otus elegans botelensis: Lan-yü I. (off se Taiwan)
• Otus elegans calayensis: Philippines: islands in the Batan and Babuyan island groups, including Itbayat, Batan, Sabtang, Calayan, Camiguin Norte, and perhaps others
• Otus mantananensis mantananensis: Mantanani I. (off Borneo); Rasa and Ursula is. (off Palawan)
• Otus mantananensis romblonis: Philippines (Romblon, Tablas, Sibuyan, Banton and Semirara)
• Otus mantananensis cuyensis: SW Philippines (Cuyo, Dicabaito and Linapacan)
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