Indian Scops Owl - Otus bakkamoena

Formerly grouped with Collared Scops Owl

Typical Call (male?)

North east India

© Bruce Marcot

Status: Widespread, locally common.

Original Description: Pennant, Thomas. 1769. Indian Zoology (Indn. Zool.): p 3, pl. 3.

Subspecies: O. b. bakkamoena, O. b. plumipes, O. b. gangeticus, O. b. deserticolor, O. b. marathae, O. b. condorensis

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