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 LC    Southern Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl* Id (Atlas):
    Megascops usta

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Southern Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl, Austral Screech-owl, Southern Screech-owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
19 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, PL, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Peru.

Eastern Peru and southern Amazonian Brazil south to lowland forest of northern Bolivia and northern Mato Grosso.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


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