Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)

LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Dowsett et al. (2013).

STATUS. — Excluded.

REMARK. — No confirmed records. The occurrence of this species in Burkina Faso is only considered as possible by Borrow & Demey (2014).