Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Pacific Screech Owl, Pacific Screech-Owl
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
()
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Strigiformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Order:
Strigiformes
(
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Megascops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. albogularis (White-Throated Screech Owl) · M. asio (Eastern Screech-Owl) · M. asio asio (Eastern Screech Owl) · M. atricapilla (Black-Capped Screech-Owl) · M. barbarus (Santa Barbara Screech-Owl) · M. choliba (Tropical Screech Owl) · M. clarkii (Bare-Shanked Screech Owl) · M. colombianus (Colombian Screech-Owl) · M. cooperi (Pacific Screech Owl) · M. flammeolus (Flammulated Owl) · M. guatemalae (Variable Screech-Owl) · M. hoyi (Montane Forest Screech-Owl) · M. ingens (Rufescent Screech Owl) · M. kennicottii (Tecolote Occidental) · M. kennicottii kennicottii (Coastal Western Screech-Owl) · M. kennicottii macfarlanei (Interior Western Screech-Owl) · M. kennicottii saturatus (Puget Sound Screech-Owl) · M. koepckeae (Koepcke's Screech Owl) · M. marshalli (Cloud-Forest Screech Owl) · M. nudipes (Puerto Rican Screech Owl) · M. petersoni (Cinnamon Screech Owl) · M. roboratus (Peruvian Screech-Owl) · M. sanctaecatarinae (Long-Tufted Screech Owl) · M. seductus (Balsas Screech Owl) · M. trichopsis (Whiskered Screech Owl) · M. trichopsis trichopsis (Whiskered Screech Owl) · M. watsonii (Tawny-Bellied Screech Owl)
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Further Reading
- Biologia centrali-americana: Aves / [London: R.H. Porter], 1879-1904. url .
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 711.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 251, p. 263.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url .
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Megascops cooperi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Access date: Dec 30, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4823325
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686661
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13548591
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 686661
- IUCN ID: 222262
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 674044
