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'''Alternative name: Santa Catarina Screech Owl''' | '''Alternative name: Santa Catarina Screech Owl''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Long-tufted_Screech_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Grounds of Hotel Veraneio Hampel, Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Megascops|Megascops]] sanctaecatarinae | ;[[:Category:Megascops|Megascops]] sanctaecatarinae | ||
''Otus sanctaecatarinae'' | ''Otus sanctaecatarinae'' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
26-27 cm: a heavily built Screech Owl with strong legs and feet. <br /> | 26-27 cm: a heavily built Screech Owl with strong legs and feet. <br /> | ||
Found in a greyish, a brown, and a rufous morph, all with coarse black markings. Eyes yellow to brownish. | Found in a greyish, a brown, and a rufous morph, all with coarse black markings. Eyes yellow to brownish. | ||
====Similar species==== | ====Similar species==== | ||
| − | [[Black-capped Screech Owl]] is smaller but has tufts as long as Long-tufted Screech Owl. Ranges of these two species are adjacent ([[ | + | [[Black-capped Screech Owl]] is smaller but has tufts as long as Long-tufted Screech Owl. Ranges of these two species are adjacent ([[Dictionary_P-S#P|parapatric]]). |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Mostly [[Dictionary_M-O#N|nocturnal]], sometimes [[Dictionary_A-C#C|crepuscular]]. | Mostly [[Dictionary_M-O#N|nocturnal]], sometimes [[Dictionary_A-C#C|crepuscular]]. | ||
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Food mainly is invertebrates, with some small vertebrates. Usually hunts from a perch, taking prey from branches, leaves, or the ground. | Food mainly is invertebrates, with some small vertebrates. Usually hunts from a perch, taking prey from branches, leaves, or the ground. | ||
Revision as of 18:38, 12 July 2014
Alternative name: Santa Catarina Screech Owl
Grounds of Hotel Veraneio Hampel, Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Megascops sanctaecatarinae
Otus sanctaecatarinae
Identification
26-27 cm: a heavily built Screech Owl with strong legs and feet.
Found in a greyish, a brown, and a rufous morph, all with coarse black markings. Eyes yellow to brownish.
Similar species
Black-capped Screech Owl is smaller but has tufts as long as Long-tufted Screech Owl. Ranges of these two species are adjacent (parapatric).
Distribution
Very southernmost Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, and NE Argentina.
Taxonomy
This species has previously been considered a subspecies of Black-capped Screech Owl
This and almost all Screech Owls in the Americas have previously been considered to belong in the same genus (Otus) as the European and Asian Scops-Owls, but a reassignment to Megascops have been accepted by among other authorities, the American Ornithologists' Union.
Habitat
Foothills (300 - 800 m asl) in open forests, woodland, edges, and even towns with groups of trees, but avoids dense interior forests.
Behaviour
Mostly nocturnal, sometimes crepuscular.
Diet
Food mainly is invertebrates, with some small vertebrates. Usually hunts from a perch, taking prey from branches, leaves, or the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- König, C. and F. Weick 2008. Owls of the World, second edition. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2
