| Eurasian scops owl European scops owl | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Otus |
| Species: | O. scops
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| Binomial name | |
| Otus scops | |
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| Range of O. scops Breeding Resident Passage Non-breeding
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The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl, common scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Otus scops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155019854A155020110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155019854A155020110.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ For Scops giu see for instance: Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, Thomas Littleton; Salvin, Osbert; Newton, Alfred; Keulemans, John Gerrard (1885). Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands. Vol. 1. London: R.H. Porter. pp. 98f. OCLC 1029665771. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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