#0901 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Scops-Owl

🇳🇱 Dwergooruil ·Otus scops

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Eurasian scops owl ( Otus scops ), also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl , is a small owl. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae. The scientific name is from the Latin otus for an eared owl and Ancient Greek skopos , "watcher".

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,452iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).