Indian Scops Owl
Otus bakkamoena
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Otus
- eBird Code
- insowl1
Vocalizations
Navaneeth Sini George · CC_BY_4_0
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Subspecies (4)
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Otus bakkamoena bakkamoena
southern India and Sri Lanka
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Otus bakkamoena deserticolor
southern Pakistan and (?) southeastern Iran
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Otus bakkamoena gangeticus
northwestern India to lowlands of Nepal
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Otus bakkamoena marathae
central India
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.