Birds of Brazil - Megascops


Black-capped Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla) Vila Residencial da Copel, Antonina, PR, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread and common, and best identified by black border to facial disk, and the rising final note in song.
A grey and a rufous owl at a typical roost site.
Daytime shot from back.


Foothill Screech Owl (Megascops roraimae roraimae) Brownsberg Nature Park, Brokopondo, Suriname This subspecies was once called the Roraiman Screech Owl.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Foothill Screech Owl (Megascops roraimae napensis) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Long-tufted Screech Owl (Megascops sanctaecatarinae) Santa Catarina, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops watsonii usta) Madre de Dios, Peru Brown morph.
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops watsonii watsonii) Surama, Guyana
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

Note dark border to facial disk similar to Tropical Screech Owl, but note tawny chest and orange (not yellow) eyes. The subspecies south of the Amazon is darker and has a brown and rufous morph (HBW).