EBird describes the bird as "A fairly small owl of lowland and foothill forest.

Dark brown on the back with barred wing feathers, grayish underparts, a darker chest with black markings, a pale gray facial disk bordered with a black line, and pale ear tufts forming a V. Occurs together with Giant and Mindanao Scops-Owls, but Everett’s is much smaller than Giant and slightly larger and paler than Mindanao, with longer ear tufts.

Their diet is presumed to be insects, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

[5] IUCN has assessed this bird as least-concern species but the population is decreasing.

The most affected part of its range is Bohol which only has 4% forest cover remaining.