Serendib Scops Owl

Otus thilohoffmanni Warakagoda & Rasmussen, 2004

76 gWeight

The Serendib scops owl (Otus thilohoffmanni) is the most recently discovered bird of Sri Lanka.

Busiest months: November–February · Most records: Sri Lanka

Endangered

Where and when it's recorded

Serendib Scops Owl has been recorded at 12 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Sinharaja Forest ReserveSri Lanka248 records
Sinharaja NP – Kudawa accessSri Lanka147 records
Kitulgala – Kelani Valley/Makandawa Forest ReserveSri Lanka104 records

More places

Sinharaja – Kudawa Village areaSri Lanka79 records
Siharaja Forest Reserve – Visitor CentreSri Lanka65 records
Kudawa – Thurusevana RoadSri Lanka64 records
KitulgalaSri Lanka49 records
Kudawa – Sri Lanka Spurfowl SiteSri Lanka32 records
Siharaja Forest Reserve – Research CentreSri Lanka16 records
Sinharaja Forest Reserve – Deniyaya accessSri Lanka13 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Sri Lanka

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Serendib scops owl (Otus thilohoffmanni) is the most recently discovered bird of Sri Lanka. It was originally located by its unfamiliar poo-ooo call in the Kitulgala rainforest by prominent Sri Lankan ornithologist Deepal Warakagoda. Six years later, it was finally seen by him on 23 January 2001 in Sinharaja, and formally described as a species new to science in 2004.

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