Cinnamon Screech Owl
Megascops petersoni(Fitzpatrick, JW; O'Neill, JP, 1986)
English (US) Cinnamon Screech Owl
The Cinnamon Screech Owl (Megascops petersoni) 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: cloud forest of southern Ecuador to northern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops petersoni
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cinnamon Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Fitzpatrick, JW; O'Neill, JP, 1986)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otus petersoni
- Described by
- (Fitzpatrick, JW; O'Neill, JP, 1986)
- Original description
- Wilson Bulletin 98, no.1 p.1-14,front.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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