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| Megascops
kennicottii |
(Elliot) 1867 |
Western
Screech-Owl |
Otus kennicottii |
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Claus König, Friedhelm Weick & Jan-Hendrik
Becking,
Owls, A Guide to the Owls of the World,
Pica Press, United Kingdom, 1999
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| Megascops asio |
(Linnaeus) 1758 |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
Otus asio |
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Megascops Kaup
1848 |
| Megascops lambi |
(Moore & Marshall) 1959 |
Oaxaca Screech-Owl |
Otus lambi |
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| Megascops cooperi |
(Ridgway) 1878 |
Pacific Screech-Owl |
Otus cooperi |
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| Megascops trichopsis |
(Wagler) 1832 |
Whiskered Screech-Owl |
Otus trichopsis |
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| Megascops barbarus |
(Sclater,PL & Salvin) 1868 |
Santa Barbara Screech-Owl |
Otus barbarus |
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| Megascops seductus |
(Moore,RT) 1941 |
Balsas Screech-Owl |
Otus seductus |
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| Megascops clarkii |
(Kelso,L & Kelso,EH) 1935 |
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl |
Otus clarkii |
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| Megascops choliba |
(Vieillot) 1817 |
Tropical Screech-Owl |
Otus choliba |
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| Megascops koepckeae |
(Hekstra) 1982 |
Koepcke's Screech-Owl |
Otus koepckeae |
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| Megascops roboratus |
(Bangs & Noble) 1918 |
West Peruvian Screech-Owl |
Otus roboratus |
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| Megascops hoyi |
(König & Straneck) 1989 |
Montane Forest Screech-Owl |
Otus hoyi |
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| Megascops ingens |
(Salvin) 1897 |
Rufescent Screech-Owl |
Otus ingens |
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| Megascops marshalli |
(Weske & Terborgh) 1981 |
Cloud-forest Screech-Owl |
Otus marshalli |
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| Megascops colombianus |
(Traylor) 1952 |
Colombian Screech-Owl |
Otus colombianus |
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| Megascops petersoni |
(Fitzpatrick & O'Neill) 1987 |
Cinnamon Screech-Owl |
Otus petersoni |
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| Megascops watsonii |
(Cassin) 1849 |
(Northern) Tawny-bellied
Screech-Owl |
Otus watsonii |
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| Megascops usta |
(Sclater,PL) 1859 |
Southern Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl |
Otus usta |
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| Megascops atricapillus |
(Temminck) 1822 |
Variable Screech-Owl |
Otus atricapillus |
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| Megascops sanctaecatarinae |
(Salvin) 1897 |
Long-tufted Screech-Owl |
Otus sanctaecatarinae |
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| Megascops vermiculatus |
(Ridgway) 1887 |
Vermiculated Screech-Owl |
Otus vermiculatus |
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| Megascops roraimae |
(Salvin) 1897 |
Roraima Screech-Owl |
Otus roraimae |
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| Megascops guatemalae |
(Sharpe) 1875 |
Middle American Screech-Owl |
Otus guatemalae |
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| Megascops napensis |
(Chapman) 1928 |
Rio Napo Screech-Owl |
Otus napensis |
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| Megascops nudipes |
(Daudin) 1800 |
Puerto Rican Screech-Owl |
Otus nudipes |
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| Megascops albogularis |
(Cassin) 1849 |
White-throated Screech-Owl |
Otus albogularis |
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| Pyrroglaux podarginus |
(Hartlaub & Finsch)
1872 |
Palau Scops-Owl |
Otus podarginus |
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Pyrroglaux Yamashina
1938 |
| Gymnoglaux lawrencii |
(Sclater & Salvin) 1868 |
Bare-legged
Owl |
Otus lawrencii |
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Gymnoglaux
Cabanis 1855 |
| Ptilopsis leucotis |
(Temminck)
1820 |
Northern
White-faced Owl |
Otus leucotis |
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Ptilopsis Kaup 1851 |
| Bubo
scandiacus |
(Linnaeus) 1758 |
Snowy Owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
| Michael Wink & Petra Heidrich,
Molecular evolution and systematics of the Owls (Strigiformes)
in Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World, Pica Press, 1999
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| Bubo ketupu |
(Horsfield) 1821 |
Buffy Fish-Owl |
Ketupa ketupu |
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| Bubo flavipes |
(Hodgson) 1836 |
Tawny Fish-Owl |
Ketupa flavipes |
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| Bubo blakistoni |
(Seebohm) 1884 |
Blakiston's
Fish-Owl |
Ketupa blakistoni |
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| Bubo zeylonensis |
(Gmelin) 1788 |
Brown Fish-Owl |
Ketupa zeylonensis |
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| Athene cunicularia |
(Molina) 1782 |
Burrowing Owl |
Speotyto cunicularia |
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| Pseudoscops clamator |
(Vieillot) 1808 |
Striped
Owl |
Asio clamator |
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S.L. Olson,
The genera of owls in the Asioninae
Bulletin B.O.C. 115, 1 (1995): 35-39
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