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Pemba scops-owl

(Otus pembaensis)

Description

The Pemba scops owl is a medium-sized scops-owl with short ear-tufts.There are two colour morphs,a brown morph which is mainly pale rufous-brown with light streaking on head and faint barring om paler underparts and a rufous morph which is a bright,rich rufous,that is paler on the underwing coverts.Both morphs show a pale scapular band,whitish in the brown morph and pale rufous in the rufous morph.The bill is black while cere is greenish yellow and the eyes and legs are yellow.It is 15 cm (5.9 in) tall with a 45 cm (18 in) wingspan.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Strigidae
Genus:Otus
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