Chocó screech owl

Chocó screech owl
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops
Species: M. centralis
Binomial name
Megascops centralis
(Hekstra, 1982)
Synonyms

Otus centralis

The Chocó screech owl (Megascops centralis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in humid lowland forests in western Ecuador, western Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.[1][2] As suggested by its name, a large part of its range is in the Chocó.[3]

It is replaced in South America east of the Andes by the foothill screech owl (M. roraimae), and from Costa Rica and north by the Middle American screech owl (M. guatemalae).[1][2] The Chocó screech owl was originally described as a subspecies of the latter and some maintain this treatment,[4] but inexplicably others have omitted it entirely (neither recognized as a species nor a subspecies).[5] The Roraiman screech owl, Middle American screech owl and Chocó screech owl are very similar in appearance, but easily separated by voice.[1][2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hilty, S. L. (2003). Birds of Venezuela. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02131-7
  2. 1 2 3 Ridgely, R. S., & Greenfield, P. J. (2001). The Birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-7136-6116-X (vol. 1), ISBN 0-7136-6117-8 (vol. 2).
  3. ↑ Restall, R. L., Rodner, C., & Lentino, M. (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
  4. 1 2 Robbins, M. B. (2001) Continue to recognize a broad Otus guatemalae (namely to include O. vermiculatus, O. napensis, O roraimae). South American Classification Committee. Accessed 25 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Holt, Berkley, Deppe, Enríquez Rocha, Petersen, Rangel Salazar, Segras, & Wood (1999). Guatemalan Screech Owl (Otus guatemalae) and Vermiculated Screech Owl (Otus vermiculatus). Pp. 180 in: del Hoy, Elliott, & Sargatal. Eds. (1999) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
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