Pacific screech owl
| Pacific screech owl | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Megascops |
| Species: | M. cooperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Megascops cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Otus cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) | |
The Pacific screech owl (Megascops cooperi) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
It is strictly nocturnal, preying mostly on large insects (such as moths, beetles, scorpions) along with the occasional small rodent.
External links
- Pacific Screech Owl videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- RangeMaps & synopsis InfoNatura NatureServe
- Photo; Article
- Pacific Screech Owl videos on the Internet Bird Collection can eat small animals such as foxes and even badgers ETC.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Megascops cooperi. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Megascops cooperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.