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title: "Oriental Scops-Owl"
description: "Otus sunia — Uccelli. The oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) is a scops owl species native to South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/oriental-scops-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Scops-Owl

> Otus sunia — Uccelli. The oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) is a scops owl species native to South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Otus sunia*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1212
- Wikidata: [Q1260390](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260390)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20234](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20234)

## Names

- en: Oriental Scops-Owl
- de: Orientzwergohreule
- es: Autillo Oriental
- fr: Petit-duc d'Orient
- nl: Oosterse dwergooruil
- pl: Syczek indyjski

## Countries with the most observations

CN (426), IN (214), KR (105), TH (99), SG (46), RU (31), BD (24), HK (18), TW (17), MY (16), VN (14), KH (13)

## Summary

The oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) is a scops owl species native to South and Southeast Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_scops_owl

## Photo

![Oriental Scops-Owl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-scops-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: 宋立海 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/376103646

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-scops-owl?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).