Name:Otus lettia
Alias:Otus lettia,Collared Scops Owl
Outline:Bird of prey
Family:Strigiformes Strigiformes Owl
length:23-25cm
Weight:100-170g
Life:5-7years
IUCN:LC
Collared Scops Owl, also known as Collared Scops Owl, is a small bird with 5 subspecies.
The breeding season for the scops owl is from February to May. The nest is built in a natural hollow, in a woodpecker hole in a tree trunk or dead stump. Most of them are at a medium height of about 2-5 meters or higher. Usually 3-4 eggs are laid per nest, sometimes 5, averaging 32.3×28 mm.
On the morning of May 15, 2022, people in Penghu Town, Yongchun County saw a cute baby bird on the ground in the rain. They picked it up and sent it to the Penghu Police Station for help. The police station then transferred the baby bird to the Yongchun County Wildlife Rescue Station. The staff confirmed that the baby bird was a collared scops owl, an owl of the genus Owl and the family Strigiidae, and a national Class II protected animal.
Listed in the "Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2016 ver3.1-Least Concern (LC).
Listed in Appendix I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 Edition Appendix II.
Listed in China's National List of Key Protected Wildlife (February 5, 2021) Level II.
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