When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb0
Mar10
Apr0
May11
Jun60
Jul3
Aug1
Sep48
Oct9
Nov0
Dec71
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 63 | |
| 2 | Swansea | Wales | 37 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 36 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 10 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 7 | |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | England | 2 | |
| 7 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 1 | |
| 8 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1 |
169 England9 Scotland37 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 215
- Peak month
- December
- Counties with records
- 8
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Otus scops
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Otus
- Name with authority
- Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q171563 · GBIF 2497701