Eurasian Scops Owl · Otus scops · (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Subspecies

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

653 foreground recordings and 111 background recordings of Otus scops . Total recording duration 12:31:00.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:46 Guilherme Melo 2023-05-06 20:00 Turkey İbradı, Antalya 800 song [sono] discuss icon
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XC877630
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:51 Guilherme Melo 2023-05-06 20:00 Turkey İbradı, Antalya 800 song [sono] discuss icon
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XC877628
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:20 Peter 2024-02-19 19:30 France Saint-Arailles, Gers, Occitanie 170 call

A nest three years ago. Haven't heard since. Exciting.

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XC877293
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:04 Peter Petermann 2023-06-07 00:00 Germany Sandtorfer Bruch, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg 90 song

Up to three (or 4?) different Scops Owls can be heard.

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XC864545
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 2:47 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2023-04-20 04:30 Spain Hotel El Horcajo (near Montecorto), Málaga, Andalusia 440 song

Overnight recording

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XC864394
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 3:57 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2023-04-20 05:00 Spain Hotel El Horcajo (near Montecorto), Málaga, Andalusia 440 alarm call, call, song, exitement-call

Droprig tied to tree overnight ab. 1.7 mtr above groundlevel. Strong excitementcalls from Little owl at 1:39

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:21 Thierry THOMAS 2023-04-30 21:56 France Sauve, Gard, Occitanie 120 song, 3 singers [sono] discuss icon
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XC846049
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:16 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2023-04-19 04:00 Spain Hotel El Horcajo (near Montecorto), Málaga, Andalusia 440 duet, song

Same recording set as XC844937 all night starting at 8 in the evening and running all night. Droprig left in a corktree.

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:16 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2023-04-19 04:00 Spain Hotel El Horcajo (near Montecorto), Málaga, Andalusia 440 duet, song

Same recording set as XC844937 all night starting at 8 in the evening and running all night. Droprig left in a corktree.

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:19 Esperanza Poveda 2018-05-05 ? Spain Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía 130 song

Macho emitiendo algunas notas de canto durante el día. Hábitat consistente principalmente en un tarajal mezclado con juncos, antaño había bosque de ribera pero la mayoría de árboles están muertos. Más allá hay sobre todo pinos y alguna encina.

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:32 Luka BOLLET-DUGOUL 2023-03-19 20:30 France adissan / Adissan 75 song [sono] discuss icon
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XC826698
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:25 Giuseppe Speranza 2023-08-07 22:20 Italy Atessa, Provincia di Chieti, Abruzzo 240 song [sono] discuss icon
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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops scops) 1:21 Jarek Matusiak 2023-08-19 00:00 Croatia Okrug Gornji, Općina Okrug, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija 40 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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XC824162
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops scops) 0:35 Jarek Matusiak 2023-08-19 00:00 Croatia Okrug Gornji, Općina Okrug, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija 40 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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XC824116
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops scops) 1:33 Jarek Matusiak 2023-08-19 00:00 Croatia Okrug Gornji, Općina Okrug, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija 40 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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XC824114
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:59 Esperanza Poveda 2022-09-07 ? Spain Valle del Guadiato (near Villaviciosa de Córdoba), Córdoba, Andalucía 320 song

Grabado en un pastizal con árboles variados dispersos y un pequeño embalse.

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XC823364
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:41 Esperanza Poveda 2022-09-07 ? Spain Valle del Guadiato (near Villaviciosa de Córdoba), Córdoba, Andalucía 320 song

Grabado en un pastizal con árboles variados dispersos y un pequeño embalse.

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:38 Esperanza Poveda 2022-09-07 ? Spain Valle del Guadiato (near Villaviciosa de Córdoba), Córdoba, Andalucía 320 song

Grabado en un pastizal con árboles variados dispersos y un pequeño embalse.

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:16 Drako 2023-07-20 22:31 Italy Roma, Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio 50 song

Recorded that from my Occidental Aran Park Hotel room at night. The vocalization came from the trees somewhere close to the point where I recorded that. The only thing I did to the audio was a conversion from m4a to wav so I could upload that here.

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XC822353
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:20 Alain Malengreau 2023-05-20 22:00 Belgium 50 song

What a nice specie in Belgium, overshooting during the migration. The bird stays for around 4 weeks. +6dB, HP filter 1000hz, -6dB.

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XC819780
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:50 Alain Malengreau 2023-05-20 22:00 Belgium 50 song

What a nice specie in Belgium, overshooting during the migration. The bird stays for around 4 weeks. +6dB, HP filter 1000hz, -6dB.

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XC819779
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:05 Sven Normant 2023-07-04 22:00 France Camping I Suvari 320 call [sono] discuss icon
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XC818655
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:11 Sven Normant 2023-06-26 22:00 France Barcaggio 50 song

several singers

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XC818604
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:12 Evi & Hauke Clausen-Schaumann 2023-06-13 23:54 Germany Weilheim-Schongau (near Bernried am Starnberger See), Oberbayern, Bayern 600 song
  • volume was raised, no futher modification
  • in the threes above the elementary school yard
  • could be heared almost every night from June 8 to June 16 at the same location
  • could be heard from a distance of > 1 km

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 7:35 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2023-04-21 22:00 Spain Hotel El Horcajo (near Montecorto), Málaga, Andalusia 440 song

Droprig over night.

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XC817711
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:24 Rostyslav Romanyshyn 2023-07-10 23:30 Ukraine Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs'kyi district, L'vivs'ka oblast 280 song [sono] discuss icon
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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 0:54 Peter Boesman 2023-05-18 20:30 Kazakhstan Sharyn river hunting cabins ? duet

Duet

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:22 Peter Boesman 2023-05-18 20:30 Kazakhstan Sharyn river hunting cabins ? song

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:07 Peter Boesman 2023-05-18 20:30 Kazakhstan Sharyn river hunting cabins ? duet

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Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) 1:23 Peter Boesman 2023-05-18 20:30 Kazakhstan Sharyn river hunting cabins ? duet

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