African Scops Owl

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African Scops Owl

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species: O. senegalensis
Binomial name
Otus senegalensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis) is a small owl endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Identification

The African Scops Owl has a a distinctive "prrrp" call:


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