Introduction
The Torotoroka Scops Owl is a small owl with relatively short ear-tufts.
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Information
Distribution: Endemic to western and southwestern Madagascar.
Range of the Torotoroka Scops Owl
Otus madagascariensis
Status: Unknown.
Original Description: Grandidier, Alfred. 1867. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et appliquée, ser. 2, 19, p. 85-86.
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Rasmussen, P.C., Schulenberg, T.S., Hawkins, F., and Vaninaboko, R.. 2000. "Geographic variation in the Malagasy Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus auct.): the existence of an unrecognized species on Madagascar and the taxonomy of other Indian Ocean taxa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 120:75-102..