The Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl (Otus brookii brookii), documented in the wild for the first time since 1892, may be its own unique species and deserving of a conservation designation.

An international team of scientists, including some from Majorca and the Canary Islands, have described a new type of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira (Portugal).

The scops owl is a regular spring and autumn migrant. It breeds in southern Europe and parts of North Africa and to the east, all the way to central Asia. It passes through the Maltese islands from ...

Belgian ornithologist Philippe Verbelen led an expedition in the forests of Príncipe in search of the undiscovered owl, which had long been rumored to exist. Two researchers, Martim Melo and Martin ...

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A new species of owl has been discovered in the rainforests of a tropical island off the coast of Africa. The bird, called the Principe Scops-Owl, was found on Príncipe, which lies off the west coast ...

A species of owl not seen for 125 years has been rediscovered and photographed in mountainous forests in the north of the island of Borneo, in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The Bornean subspecies of ...

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Description: For an owl, this is a small bird, but for a Scops Owl, it’s on the large side if it gets to 20-24 cm long and 100-170 grams’ weight. These owls have large tufted “eyebrows,” a grayish ...