Luzon 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.

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) [XC607722]
by Vincent Kalkman from Banaue, Ifugao, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines (song)

Luzon Scops Owl (Otus longicornis) [XC23079]
by Frank Lambert from Mount Data, Luzon, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Forms part of assemblage referred to as subgenus Otus. Probably forms superspecies with Mindanao 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 Scops-Owl (Otus longicornis) - 10 files

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