[order] STRIGIFORMES | [family] Strigidae | [latin] Otus manadensis | [authority] Quoy and Gaimard, 1830 | [UK] Sulawesi Scops Owl | [FR] Petit duc de Manado | [DE] Manadoeule | [ES] Autillo de Celebes | [NL] Sulawesi-dwergooruil
Subspecies
Monotypic species
Genus
Members of the genus Otus are the Scops and Screech owls. They are relatively small owls, with short, rounded wings. Most have erectile ear-tufts. Otus is a worldwide genus, containing some 45 species.
Physical charateristics
The tarsus of this small owlet is completely leathered over the joint with the toes; the iris is orange-yellow. Upperparts normally sepia or fuscous; there is also a brownish red phase. Usually the chest has a ground color similar to, or more rufous than the back. The underparts are boldly but sparsely streaked on a white background, with freckled crossbars on the wings.
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Range
Australasia : Sulawesi
Habitat
Humid forest, forest edges and clearings. Lowlands and hills up to 2000m
Reproduction
Breeding starts just before the rainy season, hardly any data available.
Feeding habits
Mainly insects, little known
Video Sulawesi Scops Owl
copyright: Josep del Hoyo
Conservation
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Resident
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