While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to their ... reclassified it in the genus Otus, which includes scops and screech owls. However, in 2003, the union, citing ...

He added on Facebook: “Sensational day in Kent yesterday, with prolonged point blank views of the American yellow warbler at New Hythe and the scops owl at ... see the rare species in the ...

Two new books delve into the world of these birds and the battle to protect certain species. A local legend of a mysterious bird with big eyes grew into the discovery of the Príncipe scops owl.