Palawan Scops Owl

This is a Palawan Scops Owl, an uncommon mainland Palawan endemic ranging in forest and forest edge. Just like a lot of the Philippines' owls, this one is poorly-known and few documentations about the breeding, behavior and ecology of this species exist. The Palawan Scops Owl prefers to stay in bamboo thickets and dense understory and often quite close to the ground. It is the only small eared owl in Palawan but sometimes the bigger and more rufous, small-island specialist Mantanani Scops Owl can also occur at times. Best way to locate this uncommon owl is by its very faint, hard to hear, snore-like harsh growl. Palawan Scops-Owl, Otus fuliginosus Sabang, Puerto Princesa, Palawan