Middle American Screech Owl

Megascops guatemalae - Petit-duc guatémaltèque

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megascops

  • Species
    :

    guatemalae

Descriptor

Sharpe, 1875

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 23 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 100 à 150 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Petit-duc guatémaltèque
adult

Middle American Screech Owl (Megascops guatemalae) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Megascops guatemalae guatemalae (Yucatán Pen., Cozumel I., se Veracruz and ne Oaxaca. Mexico. to Honduras)
  • Megascops guatemalae hastatus (Sonora and Chihuahua to Sinaloa, Oaxaca. Mexico.)
  • Megascops guatemalae cassini (Tamaulipas to n Veracruz. e Mexico.)
  • Megascops guatemalae fuscus (c Veracruz. e Mexico.)
  • Megascops guatemalae dacrysistactus (n Nicaragua)
  • Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus ()

Foreign names

  • Petit-duc guatémaltèque,
  • Autillo guatemalteco,
  • corujinha-da-guatemala,
  • Rotgesicht-Kreischeule,
  • guatemalai füleskuvik,
  • Roodwangschreeuwuil,
  • Assiolo del Centroamerica,
  • guatemalaskrikuv,
  • Mestisugle,
  • výrček ropuší,
  • výreček guatemalský,
  • Guatemaladværghornugle,
  • amerikanpöllönen,
  • xot de Guatemala,
  • syczoń zmienny,
  • Краснолицая совка,
  • ハラグロオオコノハズク,
  • 中美角鸮,
  • 瓜地馬拉鳴角鴞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 29-11-2015
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