Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest, including partially logged forest, coastal swamp-forest bounded by heavily forested limestone. From sea-level - 300 m.
Biak Scops Owl (Otus beccarii) [XC75913]
by JACOB Herv\u00e9 from Sansundi, Biak, Papua, Indonesia (song)
Biak Scops Owl (Otus beccarii) [XC155594]
by id from Biak Island, Indonesia (duet, song)
Subspecies
Otus magicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Flores Scops-Owl (Otus alfredi) following Widodo et al. (1999), Siau Scops-Owl (Otus siaoensis) following Lambert and Rasmussen (1998), Enggano Scops-Owl (Otus enganensis) following Andrew (1992), Seychelles Scops-Owl (Otus insularis) and Biak Scops-Owl (Otus beccarii) following Holt et al. (1999) and Moluccan Scops-Owl (Otus magicus).
Sometimes treated as conspecific with either Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis) or Moluccan Scops-Owl (Otus magicus). Song is similar to Moluccan Scops-Owl (Otus magicus), but significant differences from both in plumage.