O.b. brucei
O.b. obsoletus
O.b. semenowi
O.b. exiguus

The pallid scops owl (Otus brucei) is a small scops owl starting from the Middle East to west and central Asia, sometimes known as the striated scops owl.

Description
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The pallid scops owl is a small-eared owl similar in appearance to the Eurasian scops owl but with extra distinct streaks on the again and fewer intricate markings.

Distribution and habitat
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The pallid scops owl ranges from the Middle East to west and central Asia, with some populations migrating as far as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and Pakistan within the winter. It inhabits semi-open nation with timber and bushes and has an estimated vary of 6,190,000 km2 (2,390,000 mi2) during the breeding season and 3,560,000 km2 (1,370,000 mi2) within the nonbreeding season.[3]

in 2015, a new population of over 400 pairs was discovered in the Rift Valley, Israel and in 2016 extra pairs and nests had been found in Jordan (east to the Jordan River), all nesting in palm plantations.[4]

There have been many information from the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in India, and a single document of this species from paddyfields in the southern state of Kerala.

Behavior
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Food plan
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Primarily an insectivore, the pallid scops owl’s food plan includes insects, lizards, spiders, and small mammals. It often hunts throughout the day, and has been known to take bats and insects on the wing.[5]

Nesting
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Breeding takes place any time between April and June, the place four to six eggs are laid in a tree cavity, comparable to a woodpecker hole. Incubation takes roughly 27 days, and the juveniles are fledged at 30 days.

Voice
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The pallid scops owl’s call is a sequence of low, hollow, dove-like notes.

^ BirdLife International (2016). “Otus brucei”. IUCN Pink Listing of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22688631A93203300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688631A93203300.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

^ “Appendices | CITES”. cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

^ “Pallid Scops-Owl (Otus brucei) Truth Sheet”. BirdLife Worldwide. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

^ Ben Dov, A; Kiat, Y (2016). “Breeding Pallid Scops Owls in Rift Valley, Israel”. Dutch Birding. 3: 146-158. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

^ Striated Scops Owl Archived 2007-05-thirteen on the Wayback Machine

Taxon identifiers

Otus brucei

Wikidata: Q1267714

Wikispecies: Otus brucei

ADW: Otus_brucei

Avibase: 08C90B0FEAD6B9AF

BirdLife: 22688631

Bold: 114473

BOW: pasowl3

CoL: 4B8GL

CMS: otus-brucei

eBird: pasowl3

EUNIS: 8718

EURING: 7380

Fauna Europaea: 402039

Fauna Europaea (new): 955bdf2b-10a1-4b40-a5b8-f57d2a19f063

GBIF: 2497755

iNaturalist: 20285

IRMNG: 11118465

ITIS: 555375

IUCN: 22688631

NCBI: 126814

Observation.org: 72140

Open Tree of Life: 445330

Species+: 6485

Xeno-canto: Otus-brucei

Ephialtes brucei

Wikidata: Q40994270

GBIF: 9221181

ITIS: 1063385

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IUCN Red Listing least concern species

Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II

Otus (hen)

Birds of Central Asia

Birds of the Middle East

Birds of Afghanistan

Birds of Pakistan

Birds described in 1873

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Pallid scops owl

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