 The African Scops Owl is a common,
sometimes abundant, resident of Savannah woodland. Scops Owls feed mostly on insects and
spiders and breed in a tree cavity.
Name: Otus senegalensis
Size: 17cm
Habitat: Savannah Woodlands.
Distribution: Scops Owl is resident throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara
Diet: Insects and spiders.
Reproduction: 4-6 eggs laid in tree cavity from April - June. Incubation about 27
days. Young fledge by about 30 days.
Call: Series of low, hollow dove like notes.
Socialisation: The Scops Owl is fully nocturnal and mostly insectivorous.
It is a bird of scrub and bush territory, and often uses ground nest sites for breeding.
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