The Andaman scops owl (Otus balli) is a species of the Strigidae family and is native to the Andaman Islands of India.[3] It is a largely brown owl with white speckles and yellow eyes.[4] The owl was first described in 1873 by British Ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume. The Andaman Scops Owl has no sightings outside of the Andaman Islands, therefore research on this bird is limited. This owl is not threatened, though an increase in deforestation on the islands has led to the population size slowly declining. It is a nocturnal owl that feeds at night and has a nesting season from February to April.[5]
^BirdLife International (2017). "Otus balli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22688573A118257284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22688573A118257284.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
The Andamanscopsowl (Otus balli) is a species of the Strigidae family and is native to the Andaman Islands of India. It is a largely brown owl with white...
tree shrew, Miller's Nicobar rat, Palm rat, Andaman teal, Nicobar scopsowl, Andaman boobook and Darwin's eastern frog. Other large fauna include Wild...
species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in...
andamanensis, a subspecies of brown coucal (endemic) Otus balli, a scopsowl Ninox affinis, a hawk-owl Rhyticeros narcondami, the Narcondam hornbill Dryocopus hodgei...
for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India". Indian Birds. 9 (4): 104–105. Das, S. (2014). "Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki from Neil Island, Andaman &...
17th century. Laughing owl, last seen in 1914. Mauritius scopsowl, last seen 1837 and certainly extinct by 1859. Réunion scopsowl, went extinct in the...
these trips and added to the collection of BNHS: The Otus alius (Nicobar scopsowl), the Nicobar pigeon, the Narcondam hornbill, other birds, fruit bats...
Feathers, the ornithological journal founded by Allan Octavian Hume. The Andamanscopsowl (Otus balli) was named after him by Hume. When collecting bird specimens...
Ripley in their Handbook is in error and is the call of the Oriental scopsowl (Otus sunia). The Indian (nominate) and the Sri Lankan populations (ssp...
parakeet, the Mascarene grey parakeet, the Réunion swamphen, the Réunion scopsowl, the Réunion night heron, and the Réunion pink pigeon. Extinct Réunion...
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