Ebird describes this bird as "A fairly small owl of lower-elevation montane forest on the island of Mindoro, where it is the only scops-owl.

Song is a medium-pitched, whistled “weeuuu” which rises and falls slightly and is repeated at intervals, often in response to another individual.a This species was once treated as a race of the Oriental scops owl and the Eurasian scops owl but greatly differs in morphology.

[4] A specimen collected in the year 1896 reports that Mindoro Scop Owls have well-developed eggs.

[3] They live in a terrestrial environment and their main habitat consists of the highly elevated forests with a very small global range[5] Meaning they do not migrate or have movement patterns.

[5] The Mindoro scops owl is a near threatened species due to on-going habitat destruction and is estimated to have 10,000-19,999 mature individuals with the population believed to be declining[6]