Sunda scops owl (Cú Mã Lai, Otus lempiji)

The Sunda scops owl (Otus lempiji) is a small brown owl native to the Sunda Islands.

Strigidae: derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
Otus is from Greek meaning a eared owl.
lempiji Javanese name Lempi ji for the Sunda Scops Owl (Otus).

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