Name:Otus brucei
Alias:Otus brucei,Pallid Scops Owl
Outline:Bird of prey
Family:Strigiformes Owl
length:21-22cm
Weight:About 110g
Life:About 10-15 years
IUCN:LC
Pallid Scops Owl is a small osprey with 4 subspecies.
Pallid Scops Owl usually moves alone or in pairs. It is nocturnal and moves mostly at dusk and night. It mainly feeds on insects, and also eats small rodents and birds. The call is monotonous, a two-syllable sound, often repeated for a long time. The male bird makes a sonorous and loud low-pitched "whoop" sound, often repeated for a long time, about eight times every five seconds; it also makes a longer "whaoo" call, once every 3-5 seconds, or a "boo-boo" sound.
The breeding season of the vertical-striped horned owl is from April to June. It nests in tree holes, and often uses old nests of corvids and nests in wall holes and old buildings. Each nest lays 4-6 eggs, which are white and 29-33 mm × 25-28 mm in size, with an average size of 31.1 mm × 27.3 mm. The female bird incubates the eggs.
Listed in the 2012 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Least Concern (LC).
Listed as a Class II protected animal in the "National List of Key Protected Wildlife" issued by the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture of China on January 14, 1989.
Listed as a Class II protected animal in the "National List of Key Protected Wildlife in China".
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