Introduction
The Mindanao Scops Owl is a very small dark owl with small ear-tufts.
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Information
Distribution: Endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines.
![Range of Mindanao Scops Owl (Otus mirus)](species/rangemaps/mindanao_scops_owl.jpg)
Range of the Mindanao Scops Owl Otus mirus
Status: Apparently rare. Listed as 'Near Threatened' by Birdlife International.
Original Description: Ripley, S. Dillon, & Rabor, Dioscoro S. 1968. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 81, p. 31-33.