White-throated Screech-Owl (Megascops albogularis)

Other Scientific Names
Otus albogularis [BirdLife International (2004)], Otus albogularis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Otus albogularis [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 2,000 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

White-throated Screech Owl (Megascops albogularis) [XC153655]
by Dan Lane from Camp Utter Solitude, Bosque de Proteccion Alto Mayo, San Martin dept., Peru (song)

White-throated Screech Owl (Megascops albogularis) [XC238453]
by Niels Krabbe from Carchi: Cerro Mongus, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Subspeciess obscurus and aequatorialis possibly only morphs, or result of individual variation.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

obscurus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1953) - Sierra de Perijá, in north-western Venezuela.
meridensis (Chapman, 1923) - Andes of western Venezuela.
macabrus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Central and western Andes from Colombia and Ecuador south to northern Peru.
albogularis (Cassin, 1850) - Eastern Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador.
aequatorialis (Chapman, 1922) - Eastern Ecuador.
remotus (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1941) - Eastern Andes from Peru south to central Bolivia (Cochabamba).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Screech-Owl (Megascops albogularis) - 10 files

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