Torotoroka Scops Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q1266674
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Summary

Torotoroka Scops Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Otus[4]
  • Endemic to: Madagascar[5]
  • Taxon name: Otus madagascariensis[6]
  • Commons category: Otus madagascariensis[7]
  • Original combination: Scops madagascariensis[8]
  • Short name: O. madagascariensis[9]
  • Taxon common name: Torotoroka Scops Owl[10], Torotoroka-Zwergohreule[11], Autillo de Madagascar[12], výreček madagaskarský[13], läänemadagaskari päll[14], Torotorokaugle[15], Petit-duc torotoroka[16], Assiolo torotoroka[17], Westelijke madagaskardwergooruil[18], Västlig madagaskardvärguv[19], Совка Торотороко[20], Torotorokadværghornugle[21], torotorokanpöllönen[22], Torotoraka füleskuvik[23]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[24]
  • Taxon range: Africa[25]
  • Protonym of: Madagascar Owl[26]

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Identifiers

Torotoroka Scops Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 144589[27]. Torotoroka Scops Owl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1036387[28]. Torotoroka Scops Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5232286[29]. Torotoroka Scops Owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 686657[30].

Why It Matters

Torotoroka Scops Owl has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'it', 'mg', 'nl', '
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
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    Protonym of → Madagascar Owl
    Taxon range → Africa
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