Mayotte Scops-Owl (Otus mayottensis)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Benson, 1960

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 650 m.

Range (Guide)

Comoros.

Mayotte I (Comoro Is).

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Mayotte Scops Owl (Otus mayottensis) [XC403513]
by id from Reserve Forestiere de Songoro Mbili, Mamoudzou- Relais Forestier at Pic Combani, Comoros (song)

Mayotte Scops Owl (Otus mayottensis) [XC206387]
by Ross Gallardy from Pic Combani, Mayotte, Comoro Islands, France (call)

Subspecies
Otus rutilus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Pemba Scops-Owl (Otus pembaensis) following Fry et al. (1988), Anjouan Scops-Owl (Otus capnodes) following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), and, more recently, into Torotoroka Scops Owl (Otus madagascariensis) and Mayotte Scops-Owl (Otus mayottensis) following Rasmussen et al. (2000) and Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus) (with species limits accordingly revised).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus).

No subspecies.

References
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