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SpeciesStrigiformesStrigidae
Birds

🦉Eurasian Scops Owl

Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)

西红角鸮(學名:Otus scops,英語:Eurasian Scops Owl、Common Scops Owl,台湾作歐亞角鴞),是鴞形目鴟鴞科角鴞屬下的一種鳥類。這個物種在4—6月之間於歐洲及亞洲的開闊或半開闊地區繁殖;8—11月時則南遷至撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲過冬,但也有一些個體會留在南歐,是唯一分佈於歐洲的角鴞。 這個物種體型嬌小,外觀上類似於樹皮,顏色在灰褐色至棕紅色之間,頭部的耳羽相當短且平時不可見,僅受驚嚇或威脅時才可能抬起。歐亞角鴞為夜行性,白天時往往會躲藏於樹叢或樹梢上,將自己偽裝成一根斷枝,以保護自身。其主食為昆蟲等節肢動物,但其他小型哺乳類、鳥類、爬行動物也是選項。在繁殖季期間,歐亞角鴞為一夫一妻制,雄鳥會在夜晚不斷地鳴唱求偶,雌鳥有時也會跟著對唱,形成配對後,鳥窩可建在各種凹處或人造巢箱中,每窩產2—6枚白色的卵,20—31天後孵化,再3—4週後可離巢,9週左右可獨自生活。 歐亞角鴞目前估計整體有79.5萬—133.2萬隻成鳥,尤在地中海周遭最為普遍。目前這個物種因棲息地的變化、使用農藥所帶來的昆蟲減少及天敵如西灰林鸮的數量增加,導致其數量逐步下滑。但仍因其相當廣大的分佈範圍及尚不嚴重的下滑趨勢,被《國際自然保護聯盟瀕危物種紅色名錄》列為無危物種。

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.09 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
6.9 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Eurasian Scops Owl

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.09 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.09 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.07 m
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Wing length
0.15 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.02 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Maximum lifespan
6.9 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Woodland
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Lifestyle
Insessorial
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Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Eurasian Scops Owl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderStrigiformes
  5. ›familyStrigidae
  6. ›genusOtus
  7. ›speciesOtus scops
Full lineage
  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  4. familyStrigidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  11. familyStrigidae
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Syczek zwyczajny (pl), Petit-duc scops (fr), שעיר מצוי (he), Otus scops (es), füleskuvik (hu), Otus scops (it) … and 26 more languages
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