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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
''Megascops'' is a genus in the family [[:Category:Strigidae|Strigidae]]. | ''Megascops'' is a genus in the family [[:Category:Strigidae|Strigidae]]. |
Revision as of 08:28, 30 October 2008
Genus: Megascops
Description
Screech-Owls.
Taxonomy
Megascops is a genus in the family Strigidae.
Almost all Screech Owls in the Americas have previously been considered to belong in the same genus (Otus) as the European and Asian Scops-Owls, but a reassignment to Megascops have been accepted by among other authorities, the American Ornithologists' Union.
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M. clarkii | Bare-shanked Screech-Owl | ||
M. trichopsis | Whiskered Screech-Owl | ||
M. albogularis | White-throated Screech-Owl | ||
M. choliba | Tropical Screech-Owl | ||
M. koepckeae | Koepcke's Screech-Owl | ||
M. ingens | Rufescent Screech-Owl | ||
M. petersoni | Cinnamon Screech-Owl | ||
M. marshalli | Cloud-forest Screech-Owl | ||
M. hoyi | Montane Forest Screech-Owl | ||
M. guatemalae | Middle American Screech-Owl | ||
M. centralis | Choco Screech-Owl | ||
M. roraimae | Foothill Screech-Owl | ||
M. sanctaecatarinae | Long-tufted Screech-Owl | ||
M. barbarus | Bearded Screech-Owl | ||
M. seductus | Balsas Screech-Owl | ||
M. cooperi | Pacific Screech-Owl | ||
M. kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl | ||
M. asio | Eastern Screech-Owl | ||
M. gilesi | Santa Marta Screech-Owl | ||
M. roboratus | Peruvian Screech-Owl | ||
M. watsonii | Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl | ||
M. atricapilla | Black-capped Screech-Owl | ||
Pages in category ‘Megascops’
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.