Collared Scops Owl

Latin Name: 
Otus (bakkamoena) lettia
Category: 
Size: 
25cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Small ear tufts and upright posture. Greyish-brown above, profusely marked whitish; buffy nuchal collar diagnostic; buffy-white underbody, streaked and mottled dark. The very similar Indian Scops Owl O. bakkamoena is mostly distinguished by its call. Solitary or in pairs; remains motionless during day in thick, leafy branches or at junctions of stems and branches; very difficult to spot; flies around dusk.

Habitat: 
forests, cultivation, orchards, trees in vicinity of habitation.
Food: 
insects, small lizards, rodents; also small birds.
Distribution: 
resident in Himalayas and NE India.
Call: 
Call Description: 
a single-note wut…wut…, rather questioning in tone; calls through the night, often for 20 minutes at stretch, a wut…every 2 to 4 seconds.
National Status: