Rufescent Screech Owl
Megascops ingens(Salvin, O, 1897)
English (US) Rufescent Screech Owl
The Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) 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 ingens
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufescent Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Megascops ingens venezuelanus
- Megascops ingens ingens
- Megascops ingens colombianus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops ingens
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1897)
- Type locality
- Jima, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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