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Genus Megascops
White-throated Screech-Owl - The White-throated Screech Owl is an owl found in Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is the largest species of the genus Megascops, at 26 cm and 185 grams .
Eastern Screech-Owl - Adults range from 16 to 25 cm in length. They have either rusty or dark gray intricately patterned plumage with streaking on the underparts. Small and stocky, short-tailed and broad-winged, they have a large round head with ear tufts, yellow eyes and a yellowish bill. Rusty birds are more common in the southern parts of the range; pairings of the two color variants do occur. A pale gray variation also exists in western Canada and the north-central United States. The color variations are referred to as "red-phase" and "gray-phase" by bird watchers and ornithologists.
Black-capped Screech-Owl - The Black-capped Screech-owl , or Variable Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Bearded Screech-Owl - The Bearded Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.
Tropical Screech-Owl - The Tropical Screech-owl is a small species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found throughout South America , except in the Andes, the arid Pacific lowlands, and the far south. Its distribution also extends into southern Central America in Costa Rica and Panama. It is generally common - in large parts of its range among the most common species of owls. It occurs in a wide range of wooded habitats, ranging from arid Caatinga to rainforest, and even city parks. This polymorphic species is highly variable in colour, it being overall grey, brown or rich rufous, but always with a relatively distinctive blackish edge to the face and yellow irides.
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl - The Bare-shanked Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Colombian Screech-Owl - The Colombian Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Pacific Screech-Owl - The Pacific Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Vermiculated Screech-Owl - The Guatemalan Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. A number of its subspecies are often separated as Vermiculated Screech-owl , and occasionally even additional species such as the Rio Napo Screech-Owl, M. napensis. If only a single species is recognized, the common name "Vermiculated Screech-owl" applies, but the scientific name remains the older M. guatemalae
Montane Forest Screech-owl - The Montane Forest Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Rufescent Screech-Owl - The Rufescent Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Western Screech-Owl - Length 8.5 inches, wing span 20 inches, weight 5 oz . Females are larger than males. Adults are larger than Whiskered, with larger feet and more streaked plumage pattern.
Koepcke's Screech-Owl - The Koepcke's Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Cloud-forest Screech-Owl - The Cloud-forest Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Puerto rican screech-owl - The Puerto Rican Screech Owl or Múcaro is a nocturnal endemic owl of the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the Megascops genus of the Strigidae family. The subspecies, M. n . newtoni, which was endemic to the Virgin Islands, was locally referred to as the Cuckoo Bird.
Cinnamon Screech-Owl - The Cinnamon Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
West Peruvian Screech-Owl - The West Peruvian Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Long-tufted Screech-Owl - The Long-tufted Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Argentina and Brazil. Recent revision of its distribution has also incorporated Uruguay .
Balsas Screech-Owl - The Balsas Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.
Whiskered screech-owl - Adults occur in 2 color morphs, in either brown or dark grey plumage. They have a round head with ear tufts, yellow eyes and a yellowish bill. The bird looks very similar to a Western Screech Owl, but has heavier barring on the breast, and is slightly smaller in size.
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - The Tawny-bellied Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.