Genus: Megascops
Description
Screech-Owls in the Americas.
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.
A possible new taxon has been found in the Santa Marta Mts. of Columbia
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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 | ||
Photos of an (undescribed) Screech Owl from Santa Marta Mts: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/399689/limit/recent, http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/399688/limit/recent, http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/399687/limit/recent, http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/442656/cat/all/limit/last1
Pages in category ‘Megascops’
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
