Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba - Petit-duc choliba

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Megascops
Species
:
choliba

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 97 à 160 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

Megascops choliba choliba (s Brazil, e Paraguay)
Megascops choliba luctisonus (Costa Rica to nw Colombia)
Megascops choliba margaritae (Margarita I.. off n Venezuela.)
Megascops choliba duidae (s Venezuela)
Megascops choliba cruciger (e Colombia and e Peru through Venezuela, the Guianas to ne Brazil)
Megascops choliba surutus (Bolivia)
Megascops choliba decussatus (c and e Brazil)
Megascops choliba wetmorei (w Paraguay, n Argentina)
Megascops choliba uruguaii (se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina)

Foreign names

Petit-duc choliba,
Autillo chóliba,
corujinha-do-mato,
Tropenkreischeule,
Choliba-füleskuvik,
Cholibaschreeuwuil,
Assiolo neotropicale,
chólibaskrikuv,
Tropeugle,
výrček čóliba,
výreček brýlový,
Marañón-dværghornugle,
eteläamerikanpöllönen,
xot tropical,
syczoń tropikalny,
Южноамериканская совка,
スピックスコノハズク,
热带角鸮,
熱帶鳴角鴞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest