Eurasian Scops Owl
Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara.
Scops Owls are monogamous with pair bonds that last through a breeding season. For the rest of the year, they are otherwise solitary.
On the onset of the breeding season, males will prepare nests (often nests excavated by other cavity-nesting birds); and the females will choose their mates based on the quality of the nesting cavity and food located inside.
The females alone incubate the eggs for 3 to 4 weeks, while the males bring food to nesting females and any young. The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara.
Scops Owls are monogamous with pair bonds that last through a breeding season. For the rest of the year, they are otherwise solitary.
On the onset of the breeding season, males will prepare nests (often nests excavated by other cavity-nesting birds); and the females will choose their mates based on the quality of the nesting cavity and food located inside.
The females alone incubate the eggs for 3 to 4 weeks, while the males bring food to nesting females and any young. The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia and the western Himalayas. It is migratory, wintering in Africa south of the Sahara.
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