White-fronted scops owl
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Otus |
| Species: | O. sagittatus
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| Otus sagittatus (Cassin, 1849)
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The white-fronted scops owl (Otus sagittatus) is a small Asian owl in the family Strigidae. It has a declining population about which little is known, and is dependent on lowland and foothill forests which are rapidly being destroyed. This species of owl is considered vulnerable and has a population of about 2,500–10,000. It is found in west of Thailand and also in peninsular Malaysia.[1] Its range covers 149,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi) of forest at altitudes of 0–700 m (0–2,300 ft) above sea-level.
The white-fronted scops owl was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1849 and given the binomial name Ephialtes sagittatus.[3][4] The species is monotypic.[5]
This kind of owl has two modes of defense. The first is that it can puff up its feathers to triple its body size. The second is that it can stretch its body upwards and turn its head at an angle in the direction of the predator that it is hiding from, reducing visibility.
References
[edit]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Otus sagittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22688548A110219632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22688548A110219632.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Cassin, John (1849). "Species of owls, presumed to be undescribed, specimens of which are in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 121–125 [121]. The title page is dated 1848 but the volume was not published until the following year.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 87.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Owls". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
External links
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- White-fronted Scops Owl at OwlPages.com
- BirdLife species factsheet for Otus sagittatus
- "Otus sagittatus". Avibase.
- "White-fronted scops owl media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Interactive range map of Otus sagittatus at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of White-fronted scops owl on Xeno-canto.
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