Owls

Cyprus Scops Owl

Otus cyprius

The Cyprus Scops Owl (Otus cyprius) is a 92 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

92 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertivore

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Cyprus.

Where to see it: Armou (Άρμου) Hills (Cyprus); Agia Varvara (Αγιά Βαρβάρα) (Cyprus); Akrotiri Marsh (Phasouri Reed-beds) (Cyprus); Paphos (Πάφος) Headland (Cyprus).

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist