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Genus: Megascops (4 species, 23 worldwide)

Genus Megascops, Screech Owls, are small owls, around 24 cm., which stay hidden during the day, and are usually only heard at night.


Pacific Screech Owl
Pacific Screech Owl (Megascops cooperi)
Hacienda Tenorio-Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Pacific Screech Owl
Pacific Screech Owl (Megascops cooperi cooperi)
Playa Panama, Guanacaste, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Middle American Screech Owl
Middle American Screech Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
Yucatan, Mexico
  Rufous (not brown) morph. 		   
Photograph by Edward Boyd   © All Rights Reserved.


Whiskered Screech Owl
Whiskered Screech Owl (Megascops trichopsis aspersus)
Carr Canyon, Arizona,   		   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.


Vermiculated Screech Owl
Vermiculated Screech Owl (Megascops vermiculatus)
Costa Rica
  Comes in brown and rufous morphs. Vermiculated means marked by wavy lines. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
The taxonomy of the Vermiculated Screech Owl is in flux and this release of IOC has it split into the [Choco Screech Owl] and [Foothill Screech Owl]. The Vermiculated is found from the middle of Panama north.

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