Pallid scops owl

Pallid scops owl
Individual at the Little Rann of Kutch
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species:
O. brucei
Binomial name
Otus brucei
(Hume, 1872)
Subspecies

O.b. brucei
O.b. obsoletus
O.b. semenowi
O.b. exiguus

The pallid scops owl (Otus brucei) is a small scops owl ranging from the Middle East to west and central Asia, sometimes called the striated scops owl.