The Mountain Scops Owl hides in the middle and lower layers of humid mountain forests and is active at night.
Adults of the nominate subspecies have reddish brown to dark tawny upperparts with fine dark markings. The facial disk is reddish, and the ear tufts and golden eyes are noticeable.
It becomes active at dusk and searches the middle and lower layers of humid forest. It takes beetles, small moths, and other insects beneath the canopy or close to the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.