Scops owls are typical owls in family Strigidae belonging to the genus Otus and are restricted to the Old World.

Otus is from Greek meaning a eared owl.

1/ Sunda scops owl (Cú Mã Lai, Otus lempiji)
2/ Mountain scops owl (Cú mèo Latusơ, Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl

(spílos) f (genitive σπίλου); rock, reef, cliff
Cephalus (/ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos means "head" is a name used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons.

3/ Oriental scops owl (Cú mèo nhỏ, Otus sunia)