Nicobar scops-owl

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its status is insufficiently known.

The Nicobar scops-owl is classified as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction.

The Nicobar Scops-owl (Otus alius) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its status is insufficiently known. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Otus alius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Stub icon This Owl-related article is a stub. More

The Nicobar Scops-Owl was described from the only two birds known, single specimens collected in 1966 and 1977. - Nicobar Scops-Owl Otus alius India: Great Nicobar Island (Sambelong) insert after: Otus collari Pamela C. Rasmussen, A new scops-owl from Great Nicobar Island Bulletin B.O.C. More