Owls

Eurasian Scops Owl

Otus scops

The Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 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

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

46

Recorded in Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Portugal, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Croatia, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Hungary, Romania, Morocco, Czechia, Slovakia, Sweden, Albania, Kuwait, Montenegro, United Kingdom, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Austria, India, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Germany, Republic of Korea, Bosnia and Herz., Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria, Denmark, North Macedonia, Kenya, Moldova.

Where to see it: King Zog's Palace (Albania); Naselje Banjica · Pet Solitera bus stop, Belgrade (Serbia); Ορνιθολογικός Σταθμός Αντικυθήρων (Antikythira Bird Observatory) (Greece); Foret de Djebel Ouahch (Algeria); Grand Park of Tirana (Albania).

Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons