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| − | + | [[Image:33485Megascops choliba.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ciroalbano<br />Location: Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, [[Brazil]]]] | |
| − | + | ;[[:Category:Megascops|Megascops]] choliba | |
| − | [[Image:33485Megascops choliba.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ciroalbano<br /> | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
20-24cm. Short ear tufts, yellow eyes, light grey, black edged facial disk, heavily streaked upper-parts and under-parts marked with herring bone pattern. Grey, brown and red colour morphs occur with intermediates. | 20-24cm. Short ear tufts, yellow eyes, light grey, black edged facial disk, heavily streaked upper-parts and under-parts marked with herring bone pattern. Grey, brown and red colour morphs occur with intermediates. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | From [[Costa Rica]] through the northern half of [[South America]]. | + | From [[Costa Rica]] through the northern half of [[South America]]. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | 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. | + | 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. |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Savanna, open forest, plantations, parks, clearings. | Savanna, open forest, plantations, parks, clearings. | ||
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1-4 eggs are laid in a tree cavity. | 1-4 eggs are laid in a tree cavity. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Screech+choliba}} |
| − | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Megascops]] | |
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Revision as of 02:18, 30 October 2008
- Megascops choliba
Identification
20-24cm. Short ear tufts, yellow eyes, light grey, black edged facial disk, heavily streaked upper-parts and under-parts marked with herring bone pattern. Grey, brown and red colour morphs occur with intermediates.
Distribution
From Costa Rica through the northern half of South America.
Taxonomy
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
Savanna, open forest, plantations, parks, clearings.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects and other invertebrates, occasionally snakes and small mammals.
1-4 eggs are laid in a tree cavity.
