Japanese Scops Owl - Otus semitorques

Formerly grouped with Otus bakkamoena

Status: Widespread, not uncommon.

Original Description: Temminck, Coenraad Jacob, & Schlegel, Hermann. 1842. In Sieboldt, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 24, pl. 8.

Subspecies: O. s. semitorques, O. s. ussuriensis, O. s. pryeri

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OwlPages.com Owl Species ID: 030.150.000 - Page last updated 2006-12-28