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Photo by Peter Ericsson
Rangsit, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2003

Otus sunia

Identification

18–21 cm (7-8¼ in)
Two colour morphs: grey-brown and rufous

Distribution

Asia: Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Accidental vagrant to the Aleutians in Alaska (1 record).

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Greyish morph
Photo by SeeToh
Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, January 2017

O. s. sunia:

Northern Pakistan to Bangladesh and northern India

O. s. rufipennis:

Southern India

O. s. leggei:

Sri Lanka

O. s. nicobaricus:

Nicobar Islands

O. s. distans:

Myanmar through Indochina

O. s. japonicus:

Breeds Japan, at least partially migratory, but winter range not well documented

O. s. stictonotus:

Breeds south-eastern Siberia to north-eastern China, Sakhalin Island and northern Korea; winters south-eastern China south at least to southern Thailand

O. s. malayanus:

Southern China (Yunnan to eastern Guangdong); at least partially migratory, wintering to the southern Malay Peninsula and perhaps to northern Sumatra

O. s. modestus:

Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina; Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Habitat

Dry deciduous forests, with a preference for the edges and glades of open woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and spiders. They also eat rodents and small birds.

Breeding

Their nest is a hollow in a tree trunk.

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Oriental Scops Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oriental_Scops_Owl

External Links

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+[[Image:Oriental_Scops_Owl.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Rangsit, Bangkok, [[Thailand]], April 2003]]
+;[[:Category:Otus|Otus]] sunia
-;Otus sunia
-[[Image:Oriental_Scops_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Ericsson]]
 ==Identification==
+–21 cm (7-8¼ in)<br />
+Two colour morphs: grey-brown and rufous
 ==Distribution==
-The Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia is a species of Scops owl found in South Asia. There have been 2 records of Oriental Scops Owl in Alaska.
+[[Asia]]: [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]]<br />
+'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
+Accidental vagrant to the [[Aleutians]] in [[Alaska]] (1 record).
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+[[Image:32246786855 9699d1c082 c.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Greyish morph<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Dairy Farm Nature Park, [[Singapore]], January 2017]]
+*''O. s. sunia'':
+:*Northern [[Pakistan]] to [[Bangladesh]] and northern [[India]]
+*''O. s. rufipennis'':
+:*Southern India
+*''O. s. leggei'':
+:*[[Sri Lanka]]
+*''O. s. nicobaricus'':
+:*[[Nicobar Islands]]
+*''O. s. distans'':
+:*[[Myanmar]] through [[Indochina]]
+*''O. s. japonicus'':
+:*Breeds [[Japan]],  at least partially migratory, but winter range not well documented
+*''O. s. stictonotus'':
+:*Breeds south-eastern [[Siberia]] to north-eastern China, Sakhalin Island and northern [[Korea]]; winters south-eastern China south at least to southern [[Thailand]]
+*''O. s. malayanus'':
+:*Southern [[China]] (Yunnan to eastern Guangdong); at least partially migratory, wintering to the southern [[Malay Peninsula]] and perhaps to northern [[Sumatra]]
+*''O. s. modestus'':
+:*Assam to [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]]; [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
 ==Habitat==
-They are found in dry deciduous forests.
+Dry deciduous forests, with a preference for the edges and glades of open woodland.
 ==Behaviour==
-They are usually detected by their distinctive call of slowly repeated Wug-chug-chug.
+====Diet====
+Their main diet consists of insects and spiders. They also eat rodents and small birds.
+====Breeding====
+Their nest is a hollow in a tree trunk.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen24V14.2}}#Avibase
+#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
+{{ref}}
+==External Links==
+{{GSearch|"Otus sunia" {{!}} "Oriental Scops Owl"}}
+{{GS-checked}}1
+<br />
+<br />
-==External Links==
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Otus]]
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?stype=1&si=otus+sunia&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=998&ppuser=&[email protected]&password= View more images of Oriental Scops Owl in the gallery]
-[[Category:Birds]]