**4.4 Pallid scops owl** *Otus brucei* **(Hume, 1873) (IUCN red list: LC)**

The following are explained in **Figure 13**.

Iraq

Status: Local resident and/or breeding summer visitor.

Literature records: Kazimain of Baghdad, Hilla and Museyib [1, 9], and University Campus of Baghdad [8].

Recent records: University of Baghdad, Rashidiyah, and Deleasha. Syria

*Queens of the Night, the Owls of Iraq and Syria - Species, Current Distribution,… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109571*

**Figure 13.** *Distribution of Pallid scops owl Otus brucei in Iraq and Syria.*

**Figure 14.** *An adult Pallid scops owl Otus brucei in Deleasha in northern Iraq. Photo © Korsh Ararat.*

Status: Rare summer visitor and passage migrant. Spread in all regions except Al-Badia and dry areas.

Literature records: Aleppo [21], Sabkhat al-Jabbul [23], Tell Sheikh Hamad [22], Deir ez-Zor [59], and Serghaya, as-Salha (**Figure 14**) [17].
