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title: "Syczek jasnolicy"
description: "Otus lettia — Ptaki. The collared scops owl (Otus lettia) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Himalayas east to southern China, and Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/collared-scops-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Syczek jasnolicy

> Otus lettia — Ptaki. The collared scops owl (Otus lettia) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from  northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Himalayas east to southern China, and Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Otus lettia*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 3564
- Wikidata: [Q1269116](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269116)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144586](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144586)

## Names

- en: Collared Scops-Owl
- de: Halsbandzwergohreule
- es: Autillo chino
- fr: Petit-duc à collier
- nl: Gekraagde dwergooruil
- pt: Coruja-de-colar
- pl: Syczek jasnolicy

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1369), TH (549), SG (335), CN (333), HK (266), VN (125), IN (121), MY (36), BD (29), KH (26), NP (9), MM (8)

## Summary

The collared scops owl (Otus lettia) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from  northern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Himalayas east to southern China, and Taiwan. It is partially migratory, with some birds wintering in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. This species was formerly considered to be included within what is now separated as the Indian scops owl (O. bakkamoena).
This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.
The collared scops owl is a common breeding…

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

## Photo

![Syczek jasnolicy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/collared-scops-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76900606

## Machine access

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