Western Screech Owl
Megascops kennicottii - Petit-duc des montagnes
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Strigidés
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Genus:
Megascops
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Species:
kennicottii
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 24 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 90 à 250 g
Geographic range
Identification
Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.
Subspecific information 9 subspecies
- Megascops kennicottii kennicottii (se Alaska to nw California. USA.)
- Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei (se British Columbia. Canada. to ne California and Wyoming (USA))
- Megascops kennicottii bendirei (sc Oregon. nw USA. to n Baja California (Mexico))
- Megascops kennicottii aikeni (w Texas west to Colorado, Utah, Nevada and e California. w USA.)
- Megascops kennicottii cardonensis (ne Baja California. Mexico.)
- Megascops kennicottii xantusi (s Baja California. Mexico.)
- Megascops kennicottii yumanensis (se California, sw Arizona. sw USA. and nw Sonora (Mexico))
- Megascops kennicottii vinaceus (s Sonora to Sinaloa. n Mexico.)
- Megascops kennicottii suttoni (sw Texas. USA. to the Mexican plateau (c Mexico))
Foreign names
- Petit-duc des montagnes,
- Autillo californiano,
- corujinha-do-oeste,
- Westkreischeule,
- nyugati füleskuvik,
- Westelijke Schreeuwuil,
- Assiolo americano occidentale,
- västlig skrikuv,
- Totemugle,
- výrček západný,
- výreček západní,
- Vestamerikansk Dværghornugle,
- lännenkirkupöllönen,
- xot de Califòrnia,
- syczoń zachodni,
- Rietumkrasta pūcīte,
- Западная малая ушастая совка,
- ニシアメリカオオコノハズク,
- 西美角鸮,
- 西方鳴角鴞,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Desert : Hot, Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Vol. 5 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi sargatal
- Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
- The Owl Pages, Deane P.Lewis
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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