Sunda scops owl
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The Sunda Zwergohreule ( Otus lempiji ) is an owl from the genus of scops owl . It occurs on the Malay Peninsula and some Sunda Islands .
description
It reaches a length of 23 to 25 centimeters with a weight of 100 to 170 grams. There is a gray-brown, brown and red morph with great individual variation and transitional forms. The eyes are usually dark brown, sometimes orange-yellow, the beak is whitish yellow, the feather ears are conspicuous and the outer flags are broadly lined with black. The legs are feathered up to the base of the whitish to pinkish-gray toes, the claws a bit darker or brownish.
Way of life
Unlike most scops owls, the fairly common Sunda scops owl is not a distinct forest dweller, but can also be found in tree-rich gardens and plantations and even cities. It rises from the lowlands to altitudes of 2,400 meters. Their diet consists mainly of insects, sometimes small birds. The voice is a sonorous, questioning wuup wuuuop , which can be heard with increasing variations at intervals of ten to 15 seconds during long calling periods.
distribution
The nominate form O. l. lempiji inhabits the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra , Borneo , Java and Bali . On Padang comes the darker subspecies O. l. hypnodes before. O. l. kangeana on Kangean, the main island of the Kangean Islands , is smaller than the nominate form. In North Borneo, O. l. lemurum .
The Singapore Scops Owl O. l. cnephaeus from the area around Singapore was separated as a separate species Otus cnephaeus due to vocal differences . As before, however, it is still considered a subspecies of the Sunda scops owl.
literature
- Heimo Mikkola: Handbook owls of the world. All 249 species in 750 color photos. Original title: Owls of the World. A photographic guide. 2012, German-language edition, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co.KG, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-440-13275-3 , p. 162.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmo Mikkola: Handbuch Eulen der Welt , p. 169
- ↑ Avibase Otus lempiji cnephaeus accessed June 15, 2020