Mayotte Scops Owl - Otus mayottensis

Some consider this a subspecies of Otus rutilus

Original Description: Benson, Constantine Walter. 1960. Ibis 103B, p. 60-63

References:

König, Weick and Becking. 1999. "Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World". Yale University Press

Rasmussen, P.C., Schulenberg, T.S., Hawkins, F., and Vaninaboko, R.. 2000. "Geographic variation in the Malagasy Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus auct.): the existence of an unrecognized species on Madagascar and the taxonomy of other Indian Ocean taxa.". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 120:75-102.

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