Sandy Scops Owl

Otus icterorhynchus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Otus
eBird Code
sasowl1

Subspecies (2)

  • Otus icterorhynchus holerythrus

    southern Cameroon to northern Congo, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and (?) Gabon

  • Otus icterorhynchus icterorhynchus

    rainforest of Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.