scops owl

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scops owl
    n 1: any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling
         call

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scops owl \Scops" owl`\ [NL. scops, fr. Gr. ? the little horned
   owl.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus
   {Scops} having ear tufts like those of the horned owls,
   especially the European scops owl ({Scops giu}), and the
   American screech owl ({Scops asio}).
   [1913 Webster] Scoptic