Santa Marta Screech Owl
Megascops gilesiKrabbe, NK, 2017
English (US) Santa Marta Screech Owl
The Santa Marta Screech Owl (Megascops gilesi) 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: Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops gilesi
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Santa Marta Screech Owl
- Described by
- Krabbe, NK, 2017
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Krabbe, NK, 2017
- Original description
- OrnitologĂa Colombiana 16 1-27
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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