Luzon Highland Scops-Owl (Otus longicornis)

Other Names (World)
Luzon Highland Scops-Owl, Luzon Scops-Owl, Luzon Slender-billed Scops-owl, Luzon Scops Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)

Habitat
Humid forest in foothills and mountains, and pine forest. From 360 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B).

Luzon, in northern Philippines.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss and degradation driven by logging, mining and agricultural expansion is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Believed to be mainly insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Luzon Scops Owl (Otus longicornis) [XC467511]
by id from Real, Quezon, Calabarzon, Philippines (song)

Luzon Scops Owl (Otus longicornis) [XC878595]
by George Wagner from Kiangan, Ifugao, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
Forms part of assemblage referred to as subgenus Otus. Probably forms superspecies with Mindanao Highland Scops-Owl (Otus mirus). Previously treated as subspecies of Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops) or Mountain Scops-Owl (Otus spilocephalus), but differs from both in morphology and apparently in vocalizations.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Luzon Highland Scops-Owl (Otus longicornis) - 10 files

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