Rufescent Screech-Owl © owlpages.com

Relationships uncertain. Often considered to include Colombian Screech-Owl (Megascops colombianus) as subspecies. Cinnamon Screech-Owl (Megascops petersoni) treated as conspecific by some authors. Forms described from eastern Ecuador (aequatorialis) and Bolivia (minimus) now thought to represent individual variation, synonymized with nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• venezuelanus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1954)   -  Northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
• ingens (Salvin, 1897)   -  Andes from north-eastern Ecuador to west-central Bolivia.
• colombianus (Traylor, 1952)   -  Western slope of Andes of Colombia to north-western Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Colombian Screech-Owl (Megascops colombianus).

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