- Megascops guatemalae
Also known as Middle American Screech Owl
Identification
Distribution
Widely distributed from northern Mexico to Nicaragua
Taxonomy
This taxon used to include Vermiculated Screech Owl, split mainly based on analysis of vocalization. About seven subspecies are currently recognized.
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.
