Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bengali: পাহাড়ি নিমপ্যাঁচা, ঩া঴াচড় চনভ঩যাুঁচা
Bengali (transliteration): pāhāṛi nimapyām̐cā
Catalan: Xot de muntanya
Czech: výreček skvrnitý
Danish: Plettet Dværghornugle
German: Fuchseule, Fuchs-Zwergohreule
English: Mountain Scops Owl, Mountain Scops-Owl, Spotted Mountain Scops Owl, Spotted Scops Owl
English (United Kingdom): Mountain Scops Owl
Esperanto: Montara orelstrigo
Spanish: Autillo Montano, Autillo Moteado
Spanish (Spain): Autillo Montano
Estonian: nõlvapäll
Finnish: Vuoripöllönen
French: Petit-duc tacheté
Hungarian: pettyes füleskuvik
Indonesian: Burung Celepuk Gunung, Celepuk gunung
Italian: Assiolo di montagna
Japanese (romaji): taiwan ko-no-ha zuku, taiwankonohazuku
Japanese: タイワンコノハズク
Japanese (Kanji): 台湾木の葉木菟
Scientific: Ephialtes spilocephalus, Otus spilocephalus, Otus spilocephalus spilocephalus
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis apuokėlis
Latvian: madarainā pūcīte
Malay: Burung Hantu Gunung, Burung Jampuk Gunung, Hantu Gunung
Nepali: लेकाली उलूक
Dutch: Gevlekte Dwergooruil
Norwegian: Hammerugle
Polish: syczek górski
Pinyin: huáng-zuǐ jiǎo-xiāo
Russian: Пятнистая совка, Совка горная
Slovak: výrik horský
Swedish: Bergdvärguv
Thai: นกเค้าภูเขา
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰáw pʰuu-kʰăw
Ukrainian: Сплюшка гірська
Vietnamese: Chim Cú mèo Latusơ, Chim Cú mèo mỏ vàng, Cú mèo latusơ, Cú mèo thái lan
Chinese: 黃嘴角鴞, 黃嘴角鸮, 黄嘴角, 黄嘴角号鸟, 黄嘴角鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 黃嘴角鴞, 黄嘴角鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黃嘴角鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 黃嘴角鸮