Profile
In flight
Owls
Ryukyu Scops-Owl
Otus elegans
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Near Threatened
An island sprite of warm subtropical nights, calling a soft two-note 'koh-hoh' from fig branches above sleeping villages.
- Population
- restricted island range; declining with habitat loss
- Habitat
- subtropical broadleaf woodland and village edges on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, Lanyu (Taiwan) and the northern Philippines
- Diet
- large insects, small lizards, frogs, small rodents
- Size
- 0.22 m
- Wingspan
- 0.5 m
