Cinnamon Screech Owl (Megascops petersoni) [XC45217]
by Andrew Spencer from ACP Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (song)
Cinnamon Screech Owl (Megascops petersoni) [XC181547]
by Niels Krabbe from La Esperanza-Amazonas, Peru (song)
Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Cloudforest Screech-Owl (Megascops marshalli) and both formerly included under invalid name Otus huberi. Alternatively, considered by some to be conspecific with Rufescent Screech-Owl (Megascops ingens) or Colombian Screech-Owl (Megascops colombianus). Scientific name sometimes incorrectly spelt as peterseni.