White-throated screech owl
The white-throated screech owl (Megascops albogularis) is an owl found in Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is the largest species of the genus Megascops, at 26 centimetres (10 in) and 185 grams (6.5 oz).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Megascops |
| Species: | M. albogularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megascops albogularis (Cassin, 1850) | |
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Otus albogularis | |
White-throated Screech-Owl
The white-throated screech owl was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1849 and given the binomial name Syrnium albogularis.[2][3]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Megascops albogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cassin, John (1849). "Species of owls, presumed to be undescribed, specimens of which are in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 121–125 [124]. The title page is dated 1848 but the volume was not published until the following year.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 108.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Megascops&species=albogularis
- http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/White-throated Screech-Owl.Rio Blanco Reserve.2.jpg
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