Screech-Owls
Megascops
Screech owls or screech-owls are typical owls (Strigidae) belonging to the genus Megascops. Twenty-one living species are known at present, but new ones are frequently recognized and unknown ones are still being discovered on a regular basis, especially in the Andes. For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged with the Old World scops owls in Otus, but nowadays it is again considered separate based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological and DNA...
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Eastern Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops asio
Western Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops kennicottii
Tropical Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops choliba
Pacific Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops cooperi
Whiskered Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops trichopsis
Middle American Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops guatemalae
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops watsonii
Chocó Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops centralis
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops clarkii
Long-tufted Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops sanctaecatarinae
Black-capped Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops atricapilla
White-throated Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops albogularis
Rufescent Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops ingens
Santa Marta Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops gilesi
Balsas Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops seductus
Foothill Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops roraimae
Peruvian Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops roboratus
Koepcke's Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops koepckeae
Bearded Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops barbarus
Montane Forest Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops hoyi
Cinnamon Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops petersoni
Cloud-forest Screech-Owl
speciesMegascops marshalli
Megascops asio × kennicottii
hybridMegascops asio × kennicottii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19729.