The Palawan Scops Owl is a small owl of lowland forest on Palawan. It has a dark brown back and warmer, paler underparts marked with black, and it is nocturnal.
It is dark brown above with a white bar behind the shoulder and paler, warmer brown below with black marks. Its eyes are deep orange.
It is nocturnal and uses lowland forest and woodland. The account describes it as an invertebrate-eater and gives its voice as a low, rasping croak.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.