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| | [[Image:Pallid_Scops_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by John Keep]] | | [[Image:Pallid_Scops_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by John Keep]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | The Pallid Scops Owl is a small eared owl similar in appearance to the [[Common Scops Owl]] but with more distinct streaks on the back and less intricate markings | + | Similar in appearance to the [[Common Scops Owl]] but with more distinct streaks on the back and less intricate markings |
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| | + | Sometimes called the Striated Scops Owl. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | The Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei) is a small Scops Owl ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, sometimes called the Striated Scops Owl. | + | [[Middle East]] to West and Central [[Asia]], with some populations moving as far as the Arabian Peninsula, [[Egypt]], and [[India]] in the winter. |
| - | The Pallid Scops Owl ranges from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, with some populations moving as far as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and India in the winter. I | + | |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | It inhabits semi-open country with trees and bushes. | + | Semi-open country with trees and bushes. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | An omnivore, the Pallid Scops Owl's diet includes insects, lizards, spiders, and small mammals. It occasionally hunts during the day, and has been known to take bats and insects on the wing. [2] | + | Its diet includes insects, lizards, spiders, and small mammals. It occasionally hunts during the day. |
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| | Breeding takes place any time between April and June, where 4 to 6 eggs are laid in a tree cavity, such as a woodpecker hole. Incubation takes approximately 27 days, and the juveniles are fledged at 30 days. | | Breeding takes place any time between April and June, where 4 to 6 eggs are laid in a tree cavity, such as a woodpecker hole. Incubation takes approximately 27 days, and the juveniles are fledged at 30 days. |
| - | The Pallid Scops Owl's call is a series of low, hollow, dove-like notes. | |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
Revision as of 17:26, 28 September 2007
- Otus brucei
Identification
Similar in appearance to the Common Scops Owl but with more distinct streaks on the back and less intricate markings
Sometimes called the Striated Scops Owl.
Distribution
Middle East to West and Central Asia, with some populations moving as far as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and India in the winter.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Semi-open country with trees and bushes.
Behaviour
Its diet includes insects, lizards, spiders, and small mammals. It occasionally hunts during the day.
Breeding takes place any time between April and June, where 4 to 6 eggs are laid in a tree cavity, such as a woodpecker hole. Incubation takes approximately 27 days, and the juveniles are fledged at 30 days.
External Links
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