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title: "Gevlekte dwergooruil"
description: "Otus spilocephalus — Vogels. The mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mountain-scops-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gevlekte dwergooruil

> Otus spilocephalus — Vogels. The mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.

- Scientific name: *Otus spilocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 809
- Wikidata: [Q1263520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20264)

## Names

- en: Mountain Scops-Owl
- de: Fuchseule
- es: Autillo montano
- fr: Petit-duc tacheté
- nl: Gevlekte dwergooruil
- pl: Syczek górski

## Countries with the most observations

TW (559), CN (50), IN (50), MY (26), TH (17), VN (13), ID (8), BD (4), BT (3)

## Summary

The mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Its range extends across much of south and southeast Asia, from Pakistan and the Himalayas in the northwest, through Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia in the east and south.
The nominate subspecies of the eastern Himalayas has a distinct more russet plumage.
It is an altitudinal migrant.
The owls have a short high-pitched call like a two-note whistle, "plew-plew" or "he-he", although the female's songs are rarely heard. Their calls also differ between geographic population.

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

## Photo

![Gevlekte dwergooruil](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-scops-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247324423

## Machine access

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