Pacific Screech Owl
Megascops cooperi(Ridgway, R, 1878)
English (US) Pacific Screech Owl
The Pacific Screech Owl (Megascops cooperi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Megascops cooperi
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pacific Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Megascops cooperi lambi
- Megascops cooperi cooperi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops cooperi
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1878)
- Type locality
- Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1, no.21 p.116
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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