Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Prefectural Natural Monument
Birds
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
A small owl, a little larger than a sparrow, that arrives in summer and calls at night with a distinctive three-note song. The shrine forest of Hinomine Shrine in Yamanashi is protected as its habitat, reflecting the long association between this bird and sacred groves.
- Scientific name
- Otus sunia
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Yamanashi
- 日本語
- コノハズク
- 简体中文
- 红角鸮
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The Oriental Scops Owl is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamanashi.
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