Balsas Screech Owl
Megascops seductus(Moore, RT, 1941)
English (US) Balsas Screech Owl
The Balsas Screech Owl (Megascops seductus) 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: southwestern Mexico (southern Jalisco and Colima to western Guerrero)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megascops seductus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Balsas Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Moore, RT, 1941)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otus vinaceus seductus
- Described by
- (Moore, RT, 1941)
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54 p.156
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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