Otus
Otus je rod sov, ki pripadajo družini pravih sov (Strigidae). Znanih je približno 45 vrst, med katerimi je najbolj znan veliki skovik. Občasno prepoznavajo nove primerke, vsakih nekaj let, še posebej v Indoneziji, pa še vedno odkrivajo še neznane vrste.

Vrste
 Otus alfredi
 Otus alius
 Otus angelinae
 Otus bakkamoena
 Otus balli
 Otus beccarii
 Otus brookii
 Otus brucei, perzijski skovik
 Otus capnodes
 Otus collari
 Otus elegans
 Otus enganensis
 Otus flammeolus – začasno uvrščena tukaj
 Otus fuliginosus
 Otus hartlaubi
 Otus icterorhynchus
 Otus insularis
 Otus ireneae
 Otus lempiji
 Otus lettia
 Otus longicornis
 Otus magicus
 Otus madagascariensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus
 Otus manadensis
 Otus mantananensis
 Otus mayottensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus
 Otus megalotis
 Otus mentawi
 Otus mindorensis
 Otus mirus
 Otus moheliensis
 Otus pauliani
 Otus pembaensis
 Otus rufescens
 Otus rufescens burbidgei - izumla (sredi 20. stoletja)
 Otus rutilus
 Otus sagittatus
 Otus scops, veliki skovik
 Otus seductus
 Otus senegalensis
 Otus semitorques
 Otus siaoensis
 Otus silvicola
 Otus spilocephalus
 Otus sunia
 Otus thilohoffmanni
 Otus umbra

Viri

  (2001): Smithsonian Birds of North America, Eastern Region. Smithsonian Handbooks.
  (2003): Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 120(3): 923–931. PDF fulltext
  (1988): The Birder's Handbook. A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds.
  (1966): Fossil Owls From the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene in Kansas. Condor 68(5): 472-475. PDF fulltext  DjVu fulltext 
  (1995): Molecular phylogeny of the South American Otus atricapillus complex (Aves Strigidae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 50(3-4): 294-302. PDF fulltext
  (2003): The owl pages: Owls in the Fossil Record. Version of 2003-JUL-14. Retrieved 2008-JAN-10.
  (1988): Genus Otus. In: : Hawks and owls of the world: A distributional and taxonomic list. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 3: 296–357.
  (2002): Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press, Prague. ISBN 80-901105-3-8 PDF fulltext  
  (2003): Proposal (#58): Elevate subgenus Megascops (New World Otus) to full generic status. Retrieved 2008-JAN-10.
  (1999): Molecular evolution and systematics of owls (Strigiformes). In: : Owls: A guide to the owls of the world: 39-57. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0300079206 PDF fulltext

Taksoni, opisani leta 1769
Otus je rod sov , ki pripadajo družini pravih sov ( Strigidae ) . Znanih je približnovrst , med katerimi je najbolj znan veliki skovik . Občasno prepoznavajo nove primerke , vsakih nekaj let , še posebej v Indoneziji , pa še vedno odkrivajo še neznane vrste . Vrste Otus alfredi Otus alius Otus angelinae Otus bakkamoena Otus balli Otus beccarii Otus brookii Otus brucei , perzijski skovik Otus capnodes Otus collari Otus elegans Otus enganensis Otus flammeolus – začasno uvrščena tukaj Otus fuliginosus Otus hartlaubi Otus icterorhynchus Otus insularis Otus ireneae Otus lempiji Otus lettia Otus longicornis Otus magicus Otus madagascariensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus Otus manadensis Otus mantananensis Otus mayottensis – nekoč vključena v O. rutilus Otus megalotis Otus mentawi Otus mindorensis Otus mirus Otus moheliensis Otus pauliani Otus pembaensis Otus rufescens Otus rufescens burbidgei - izumla ( sredi stoletja ) Otus rutilus Otus sagittatus Otus scops , veliki skovik Otus seductus Otus senegalensis Otus semitorques Otus siaoensis Otus silvicola Otus spilocephalus Otus sunia Otus thilohoffmanni Otus umbra Viri Smithsonian Birds of North America , Eastern Region . Smithsonian Handbooks . Forty - fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check - list of North American birds . Auk3) :931. PDF fulltext The Birder's Handbook . A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds . Fossil Owls From the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene in Kansas . Condor5 ) : PDF fulltext DjVu fulltext Molecular phylogeny of the South American Otus atricapillus complex ( Aves Strigidae ) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene . Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C3 - 4 ) : PDF fulltext The owl pages : Owls in the Fossil Record . Version ofJUL - 14. RetrievedJAN - 10. Genus Otus . In : \ : Hawks and owls of the world : A distributional and taxonomic list . Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology357. Cenozoic Birds of the World , Part Europe . Ninox Press , Prague . ISBN3 -8 PDF fulltext Proposal ( #58 ) : Elevate subgenus Megascops ( New World Otus ) to full generic status . RetrievedJAN - 10. Molecular evolution and systematics of owls ( Strigiformes ) . In : \ : Owls : A guide to the owls of the world : Yale University Press , New Haven . ISBNPDF fulltext Taksoni , opisani leta