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Screech owl
Temporal range: Miocene to present
Eastern screech owl, Megascops asio Rufous morph
Gray morph
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Megascops Kaup, 1848
Type species
Strix acio
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Some 22, see text
Synonyms
Macabra Carlo Bonaparte, 1854
Screech owls are typical owls (Strigidae) belonging to the genus Megascops with 22 living species. For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged with the Old World scops owls in Otus, but nowadays it is again considered separately based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological, and DNA sequence data.
Screech owls are restricted to the Americas. Some species formerly placed with them are nowadays considered more distinct (see below for details).
Screechowls are typical owls (Strigidae) belonging to the genus Megascops with 22 living species. For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged...
The eastern screechowl (Megascops asio) or eastern screech-owl, is a small owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada...
The western screechowl (Megascops kennicottii) is a small owl native to North and Central America, closely related to the eastern screechowl. The scientific...
The tropical screechowl (Megascops choliba) is a small species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and every...
The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American...
shape. Female scops owls are usually larger than males. For most of the 20th century, this genus included the American screechowls, which are now again...
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Nicaragua. The Pacific screechowl has sometimes been treated as a race of western screechowl (Megascops kennicottii) or eastern screechowl (M. asio) but its...
Rican owl (Gymnasio nudipes) or múcaro común (Spanish via Taino), formerly known as the Puerto Rican screechowl, is a mid-sized "typical owl" in subfamily...
The foothill screechowl (Megascops roraimae) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname...
bearded screechowl (Megascops barbarus) is a small "typical owl" in subfamily Striginae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. The bearded screechowl was...
The Xingu screechowl (Megascops stangiae) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found only in the Tapajos-Xingu and Xingu-Tocantins of Brazil...
The Middle American screechowl (Megascops guatemalae), also known as the Guatemalan screechowl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found...
The rufescent screechowl (Megascops ingens) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
hawk-owl Genus Ninox – Australasian hawk-owls, 37 species of which one is recently extinct Genus Margarobyas – bare-legged owl or Cuban screech-owl Genus...
The ScreechOwls is a series of juvenile fiction novels by Canadian author Roy MacGregor. There are currently 27 titles in the series, all published by...
The cinnamon screechowl (Megascops petersoni) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru and possibly...
The Alagoas screechowl (Megascops alagoensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found only in the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco...
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