they were professional medieval poets
Scops
poets and performers inferior to warriors also called Bards
Scops were Anglo Saxon bards and sang traditional heroic songs or composed them to continue the Anglo Saxon tradition in old English literature during Beowulf's period 1100 AD in Scandinavian oral tradition
Sangihe Scops Owl was created in 1998.
Indian Scops Owl was created in 1769.
Collared Scops Owl was created in 1836.
Eurasian Scops Owl was created in 1758.
Mountain Scops Owl was created in 1846.
Madeiran Scops Owl was created in 2012.
Flores Scops Owl was created in 1897.
Sandy Scops Owl was created in 1873.
Rajah Scops Owl was created in 1892.