Talk:Indian Scops Owl

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The information that Otus lettia migrates in winter to the breeding area of Otus bakkamoena needs to be verified.

Shyamal 05:40, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Owls of the Northern hemisphere (which doesn't split the two forms) indicates that there is at least some migration of northern races, since O. b. usurensis has been recorded in Japan and Korea. A website (didn't keep URL) said lettia wintered further, south, don't know how reliable that is. I'll try to check. jimfbleak 06:34, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

See this link. Jim

Did look at this, and it is probably based on other material on the net. But it would be best if there was some clear bird-ringing evidence available somewhere, the only organization that does ringing in India is the Bombay Natural History Society and they do not have this listed. I should check the Handbook by Ali and Ripley and see if they mention any migrant races (which is perhaps now considered O. lettia). You will be interested to hear a O. bakkamoena recording on www.owlpages.com, and it is very different from the wuk? which one hears in s. India, so perhaps this is the call of O. bakkamoena lettia now known as O. lettia. Shyamal 11:05, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

I have no more boks on this area, but the northern and southern races canbe distinguished on eg eye colour as well as call, so I wouldn't have thought ringing recoveries were essential to prove migration, although I can see that would be a clincher. jimfbleak 04:50, 26 May 2004 (UTC)