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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]]. | [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] to [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]]. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects, reptiles, small mammals such as bats and mice and small birds. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Megascops+albogularis}} | {{GSearch|Megascops+albogularis}} | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 21 August 2008
- Megascops albogularis
Identification
26cm.
Distribution
Colombia and Venezuela to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Six subspecies are known.
This and 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.
Habitat
Behaviour
The diet includes insects, reptiles, small mammals such as bats and mice and small birds.
