Palawan Scops-Owl Otus fuliginosus Scientific name definitions

c. 19–20 cm (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ); no data on body mass. Smallish scops-owl with conspicuous ear tufts that are whitish on inner edge; rufous-brown facial disc ; upperparts dark reddish-brown, finely vermi­culated black; reduced pale collar on hindneck; pale buffy-brown to chestnut below , with dark streaks and vermicu­lations; irides pale orange-brown (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ); bill and cere pale brownish-horn (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ); bare toes greyish-yellow. Lacks chestnut on back, otherwise closely resembles the larger O. mentawi (wing length 157–166 mm versus 139–147 mm in present species (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ) ); O. everetti also larger (wing length 158–171 mm (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ) ) and with less-prominent nuchal collar. Juvenile undescribed.

Primary tropical lowland forest, secondary growth and mixed cultivation with trees (2 Kennedy, R. S., P. C. Gonzales, E. C. Dickinson, H. C. Miranda, and T. H. Fisher (2000). A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close , 1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ). Usually seen near ground and does not seem to frequent dense understorey (2 Kennedy, R. S., P. C. Gonzales, E. C. Dickinson, H. C. Miranda, and T. H. Fisher (2000). A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ).

Probably sedentary (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

No information; presumably insects (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Male call is deep, harsh growl (2 Kennedy, R. S., P. C. Gonzales, E. C. Dickinson, H. C. Miranda, and T. H. Fisher (2000). A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close ), “wach-waaarwwwhhh” , repeated at intervals. of several seconds (1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Very little information. Type specimen was a young bird taken in Jul; specimen taken in Apr had enlarged gonads (2 Kennedy, R. S., P. C. Gonzales, E. C. Dickinson, H. C. Miranda, and T. H. Fisher (2000). A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Close , 1 König, C., F. Weick, and J.-H. Becking (2008). Owls of the World. Second Edition. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near Threatened, and previously classified as Vulnerable. CITES II. Restricted-range species present in Palawan EBA (3 Stattersfield, A. J., M. J. Crosby, A. J. Long, and D. C. Wege (1998). Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 7. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK. Close ). Said to be very rare. Most recent records from St Paul Subterranean National Park, where perhaps locally not uncommon, and from Iwahig and Balsahan. Threatened by lowland deforestation, which is increasing in extent on Palawan.