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Arabian Scops-Owl

Otus pamelae Bates, GL 1937

The Arabian scops owl is a small owl endemic to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen. The current population of the species is estimated to be about 60,000 individuals. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Otus
Scientific:
  Otus pamelae


Original description

Citation:
  Bates, GL 1937

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 57 p.150

Protonym:
  Otus senegalensis pamelae

Type locality:
  Dailami, Wadi Bisha, Arabia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125290#page/192/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FB19E2854842C43B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FB19E285

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FB19E285


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 1063237

Geographic range:

  • Otus pamelae: southern Arabian Peninsula, from southwestern Saudi Arabia to Oman
English:
Arabian Scops-Owl
Catalan:
Xot d'Aràbia
Czech:
výreček arabský
Danish:
Arabisk dværghornugle
German:
Arabien-Zwergohreule
Spanish:
Autillo árabe
Spanish (Spain):
Autillo Árabe
Finnish:
Arabianpöllönen
French:
Petit-duc d'Arabie
Croatian:
arabijski ćuk
Hungarian:
Arab füleskuvik
Italian:
Assiolo d'Arabia
Japanese (romaji):
arabiakonohazuku
Japanese:
アラビアコノハズク
Lithuanian:
Arabinis apuokėlis
Dutch:
Arabische Dwergooruil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Arabarugle
Norwegian:
araberugle
Polish:
syczek białobrewy
Portuguese:
Mocho-d'orelhas-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal):
mocho-d'orelhas-árabe
Russian:
Аравийская сплюшка
Slovak:
výrik arabský
Serbian:
Arapski ćuk
Swedish:
arabisk dvärguv
Ukrainian:
сплюшка бліда
Chinese:
阿拉伯角鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
阿拉伯角鴞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African Scops-Owl (pamelae) ( Otus senegalensis pamelae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
Arabian Scops-Owl ( Otus pamelae) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Otus senegalensis pamelae [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Otus [senegalensis, feae or pamelae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Arabiese skopsuil
Belarusian: Аравійская соўка
Bulgarian: Арабски чухал
Catalan: Xot d'Aràbia
Czech: výreček arabský
Welsh: Tylluan sgops Arabia
Danish: Arabisk dværghornugle
German: Arabien-Zwergohreule
English: African Scops-Owl (pamelae), Arabian Scops Owl, Arabian Scops-Owl
English (United Kingdom): Arabian Scops Owl
English, HBW: Arabian Scops-owl
English (IOC): Arabian Scops Owl
English (United States): Arabian Scops-Owl
Esperanto: Arabia orelstrigo
Spanish: Autillo árabe
Spanish (Spain): Autillo Árabe
Spanish (HBW): Arabian Scops-Owl
Estonian: Araabia salupäll, jeemeni salupäll
Finnish: Arabianpöllönen
French: Petit-duc africain (pamelae), Petit-duc arabe, Petit-duc d’Arabie, Petit-duc d'Arabie, Petit-duc d'Arabie saoudite
Frisian: Arabyske lytse earûle
Irish: Mionulchabhán Arabach
Galician: Moucho de orellas arábico
Hebrew: שעיר ערבי
Croatian: arabijski ćuk
Hungarian: Arab füleskuvik
Italian: Assiolo d'Arabia
Japanese (romaji): arabiakonohazuku
Japanese: アラビアコノハズク
Scientific: Otus pamelae, Otus senegalensis pamelae
Lithuanian: Arabinis apuokėlis
Latvian: Arābijas pūcīte
Macedonian: Арабски ќук
Dutch: Arabische Dwergooruil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Arabarugle
Norwegian: araberugle
Polish: syczek białobrewy
Portuguese: Mocho-d'orelhas-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal): mocho-d'orelhas-árabe
Rhaeto-Romance: Piv nanin arab
Romanian: Ciuş arab
Russian: Аравийская сплюшка
Northern Sami: Arábiabealljeloađgu
Slovak: výrik arabský
Slovenian: Arabski skovik
Serbian: Arabijski ćuk, Arapski ćuk
Swedish: arabisk dvärguv
Turkish: Arabistan ishakkuşu, Arabistan İshakkuşu
Ukrainian: Сплюшка (африканська) бліда, сплюшка бліда
Chinese: 阿拉伯角鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 阿拉伯角鴞

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