page_title: Pallid scops owl
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Pallid scops owl / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zuchtverteilung der Otus bruceiEnglish: reeding distribution of Otus brucei
context_page_description: The pallid scops owl is a small scops owl ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, sometimes called the striated scops owl.
context_section_description: The pallid scops owl ranges from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, with some populations moving as far as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and Pakistan in the winter.  It inhabits semi-open country with trees and bushes and has an estimated range of one to ten million kilometers.
  in 2015, a new population of over 400 pairs was found in the Rift Valley, Israel and in 2016 more pairs and nests were found in Jorden (east to the Jorden River), all nesting in palms plantations (Ben Dov A., Kiat Y.  2015)
  There have been many records from the state of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in India, and a single record of this species from paddyfields in the southern state of Kerala.
caption: Breeding distribution of Otus brucei
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