Black-capped Screech Owl
Megascops atricapilla(Temminck, CJ, 1822)
English (US) Black-capped Screech Owl
The Black-capped Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia) to southeastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops atricapilla
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-capped Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix atricapilla
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.25, vol.2 pl.145
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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West Peruvian Screech Owl
Megascops roboratus
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
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Spectacled Owl
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Tawny-browed Owl
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Band-bellied Owl
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Mottled Owl
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Black-and-white Owl
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