Southern Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops usta)

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.

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
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