Middle American Screech Owl
Megascops guatemalae(Sharpe, RB, 1875)
English (US) Middle American Screech Owl
The Middle American Screech Owl (Megascops guatemalae) 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 guatemalae
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Middle American Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1875)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Megascops guatemalae hastatus
- Megascops guatemalae cassini
- Megascops guatemalae fuscus
- Megascops guatemalae guatemalae
- Megascops guatemalae dacrysistactus
- Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops guatemalae
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1875)
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 2 p.112 pl.9
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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