Yungas Screech Owl
Megascops hoyi(König, C; Straneck, RJ, 1989)
English (US) Yungas Screech Owl
The Yungas Screech Owl (Megascops hoyi) 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: montane forest of southern Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops hoyi
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yungas Screech Owl
- Described by
- (König, C; Straneck, RJ, 1989)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otus hoyi
- Described by
- (König, C; Straneck, RJ, 1989)
- Original description
- Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 428 p.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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