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Everett's Scops Owl
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Information
Range Philippines
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Strigiformes
Family Strigidae
Genus Otus
Species Otus everetti

The Everett's scops owl (Otus everetti), is a species of scops owl endemic to the Philippines. Everett's scops owls prey at night on insects. They live alone or in monogamous pairs. They breed throughout the year, laying clutches of 1-2 eggs. They nest in trees holes of forests of the Philippine lowlands. They are found on Bohol, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Mindando and Basilan. They were formerly classified as a subspecies of the Philippine scops owl.

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