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[[Image:Pacific_Screech_Owl.jpg|thumb|475px|right|Photo by tf1044x<br />Location: Costa Rica]] | [[Image:Pacific_Screech_Owl.jpg|thumb|475px|right|Photo by tf1044x<br />Location: Costa Rica]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Medium-large owl upto 23cm or 9 inches. It brown with dark streaks on the chest and longish ear tufts. | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | The Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, | + | The Pacific coast of [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]], to Central [[Costa Rica]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 27 September 2007
- Megascops cooperi
Identification
Medium-large owl upto 23cm or 9 inches. It brown with dark streaks on the chest and longish ear tufts.
Distribution
The Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, to Central Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Habitat
It is found in wooded areas as well as semi open sites such as forest edges and trees along waterways.
Behaviour
They are strictly nocturnal, preying mostly on large insects (such as moths, beetles, scorpiones) along with the occasional small rodent.
