The mountain scops owl (''Otus spilocephalus''), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of
owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...
in the family
Strigidae
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. It is locally common in its main
habitat
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which covers some parts of Asia, including Bangladesh
Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Thailand. It is an
altitudinal migrant.
It has a short high-pitched
call
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. Their call sounds like a two-note whistle, "plew-plew" or "he-he", although the female's songs are rarely heard. Their calls can also vary between different populations allowing one to determine a bird's origin.
References
BirdLife Species Factsheet*http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Otus&species=spilocephalus
*https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om025.pdf
*www.jstor.org/stable/3676817
External links
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Birds of South China
Birds of the Himalayas
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Birds of Southeast Asia
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