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The Eurasian Scops Owl is a small owl found across Europe and Asia that hunts insects and small animals during the night. As a widespread species, it plays a role in controlling insect populations in the ecosystems where it lives.
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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Otus
- Image
- Scops Owl (Otus scops), Kalloni, Lesvos, Greece, 19.04.2015 (16773748434).jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Burkina Faso
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The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl, common scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara, although it is resident year-round in parts of Mediterranean Europe.
Taxonomy