Otus
rod ptičev v družini Strigidae (sove)
Otus je rod sov, ki pripadajo družini pravih sov (Strigidae). Znanih je približno 45 vrst, med katerimi je najbolj znan veliki skovik. Občasno prepoznavajo nove primerke, vsakih nekaj let, še posebej v Indoneziji, pa še vedno odkrivajo še neznane vrste.
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 veliki skovik, Otus scops
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Približno 45, glej besedilo. | ||||||||||||
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Vrste
uredi- Otus alfredi
- Otus alius
- Otus angelinae
- Otus bakkamoena
- Otus balli
- Otus beccarii
- Otus brookii
- Otus brucei, perzijski skovik
- Otus capnodes
- Otus collari
- Otus elegans
- Otus enganensis
- Otus flammeolus – začasno uvrščena tukaj
- Otus fuliginosus
- Otus hartlaubi
- Otus icterorhynchus
- Otus insularis
- Otus ireneae
- Otus lempiji
- Otus lettia
- Otus longicornis
- Otus magicus
- Otus madagascariensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus
- Otus manadensis
- Otus mantananensis
- Otus mayottensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus
- Otus megalotis
- Otus mentawi
- Otus mindorensis
- Otus mirus
- Otus moheliensis
- Otus pauliani
- Otus pembaensis
- Otus rufescens
- Otus rufescens burbidgei - izumla (sredi 20. stoletja)
- Otus rutilus
- Otus sagittatus
- Otus scops, veliki skovik
- Otus seductus
- Otus senegalensis
- Otus semitorques
- Otus siaoensis
- Otus silvicola
- Otus spilocephalus
- Otus sunia
- Otus thilohoffmanni
- Otus umbra
Viri
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Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Otus.
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- Johnson, David (2003): The owl pages: Owls in the Fossil Record. Version of 2003-JUL-14. Retrieved 2008-JAN-10.
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- South American Classification Committee (SACC) (2003): Proposal (#58): Elevate subgenus Megascops (New World Otus) to full generic status. Retrieved 2008-JAN-10.
- Wink, Michael & Heidrich, Petra (1999): Molecular evolution and systematics of owls (Strigiformes). In: König, Claus; Weick, F. & Becking, J.H. (eds.): Owls: A guide to the owls of the world: 39-57. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0300079206 PDF fulltext