The Sandy Scops Owl is a small owl with a white shoulder stripe and yellow eyes and bill. It is nocturnal in lowland evergreen forest and feeds on crickets and grasshoppers.
The head and upperparts are cinnamon-brown with pale bars and spots. A white stripe marks the shoulder; the eyes are pale yellow and the bill creamy yellow.
It is nocturnal and feeds on crickets and grasshoppers. The species account records it in lowland evergreen forest from sea level to about 1,000 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.