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Scops owl

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Scops´ owl`
1.(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).
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Noun1.scops owl - any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
bird of Minerva, bird of night, owl, hooter - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
genus Otus, Otus - a genus of Strigidae
Old World scops owl, Otus scops - European scops owl
Oriental scops owl, Otus sunia - Asian scops owl


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WISED UP Year 7 pupil Tom Mellor with Tinko the southern white-faced scops owl.
Some of the accounts conjure up marvellous mental images - former Daily Post wildlife columnist, the late Eric Hardy, transporting a shipassisted Scops owl from Liverpool to Helsby by train in 1959, a commute that must have been remembered by more conventional (and doubtless startled) passengers as the tiny owl flitted about the carriage before release.
We're already seeing birds from southern climes making their way into our region - the hoopoe, the scops owl, the serin, the blue heron have all been spotted much further north than ever before.
 
 
 
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