Mountain scops owl

The mountain scops owl, sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Its range extends across the Himalayas, southern China, Indochina and mountains of western Malesia. Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Thailand.
The nominate subspecies of the eastern Himalayas has a distinct more russet plumage.
It is an altitudinal migrant.
It has a short high-pitched call. Their call sounds like a two-note whistle, "plew-plew" or "he-he", although the female's songs are rarely heard. Their calls can also vary between different populations allowing one to determine a bird's origin.
File:Mountain scops owl juv.jpg|thumb|left|A juvenile mountain scops owl photographed at Sattal, India