Foothill Screech Owl
Megascops roraimae(Salvin, O, 1897)
English (US) Foothill Screech Owl
The Foothill Screech Owl (Megascops roraimae) 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 roraimae
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Foothill 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 roraimae roraimae
- Megascops roraimae pallidus
- Megascops roraimae napensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scops roraimae
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1897)
- Type locality
- Roraima, British Guiana.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6 p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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