Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 26species Megascops alagoensis Dantas et al., 2021
- Alagoas Screech Owl
species Megascops albogularis (Cassin, 1849)
- White-throated Screech Owl
species Megascops ater (Hekstra, 1982)
- Belém Screech Owl
species Megascops atricapilla (Temminck, 1822)
- Black-capped Screech Owl
species Megascops barbarus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868)
- Bearded Screech Owl
species Megascops centralis (Hekstra, 1982)
- Choco Screech Owl
species Megascops cooperi (Ridgway, 1878)
- Pacific Screech Owl
species Megascops gilesi Krabbe, 2017
- Santa Marta Screech Owl
species Megascops guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875)
- Middle American Screech Owl
species Megascops hoyi (C. König & Straneck, 1989)
- Yungas Screech Owl
species Megascops ingens (Salvin, 1897)
- Rufescent Screech Owl
species Megascops koepckeae (Hekstra, 1982)
- Koepcke's Screech Owl
species Megascops marshalli (Weske & Terborgh, 1981)
- Cloud-forest Screech Owl
species Megascops petersoni (Fitzpatrick & O'Neill, 1986)
- Cinnamon Screech Owl
species Megascops roboratus (Bangs & Noble, 1918)
- West Peruvian Screech Owl
species Megascops roraimae (Salvin, 1897)
- Foothill Screech Owl
species Megascops sanctaecatarinae (Salvin, 1897)
- Long-tufted Screech Owl
species Megascops seductus (R. T. Moore, 1941)
- Balsas Screech Owl
species Megascops stangiae Dantas et al., 2021
- Xingu Screech Owl
species Megascops trichopsis (Wagler, 1832)
- Whiskered Screech Owl
species Megascops vermiculatus Ridgway, 1887
- Vermiculated Screech Owl
species Megascops watsonii (Cassin, 1848)
- Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1345657]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Megascops Kaup, 1848]
Data retrieved on: 29 November 2019
Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Megascops Kaup, 1848]Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021