Choco Screech Owl
Megascops centralis(Hekstra, GP, 1982)
English (US) Choco Screech Owl
The Choco Screech Owl (Megascops centralis) 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: central Panama to northern Colombia and western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops centralis
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Choco Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Hekstra, GP, 1982)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otus guatemalae centralis
- Described by
- (Hekstra, GP, 1982)
- Type locality
- AMNH 476699, Andes de Cumana, Northern Venezuela, adult, sex unknown, red morph, March 1897, ex Museo Delmas, wing 167 mm. Distribution and habitat. Northern Venezuela in coastal Andes mountains from Puerto Cabello to Peninsula Paria; also to be expected in the Sierra de Perija of northern Colombia.
- Original description
- Bulletin Zoologisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 9, no.7 p.57
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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