Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
Megascops watsonii(Cassin, J, 1849)
English (US) Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
The Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops watsonii) 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 watsonii
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Megascops watsonii watsonii
- Megascops watsonii usta
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ephialtes Watsonii
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1849)
- Type locality
- South America; Napo region of eastern Ecuador proposed by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 55, 1926, p. 246; error = Orinoco River, Venezuela, cf. Chapman, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 332, 1928, p. 2.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1848) p.123
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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