Arabian Scops-owl (Otus pamelae) | Details

Arabian Scops-owl Otus pamelae

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Otus senegalensis, O. feae, O. pamelae and O. socotranus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as O. senegalensis. Before then, O. senegalensis, plus O. scops, O. sunia and O. alius (the latter three sensu del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were split following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), AOU (1998) and Rasmussen (1998). Prior to that, all these taxa had been lumped as O. scops following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	586,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	60000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2010
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.67 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population may be in the order of 30,000 pairs (Jennings 2010). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats .

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Oman	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Yemen	Hawf deciduous cloud forest
Yemen	Jabal Iraf

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Desert	Hot	major	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Arabian Scops-owl Otus pamelae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/arabian-scops-owl-otus-pamelae on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.