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- Megascops vermiculatus napensis
Identification
Distribution
Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
This taxon is often considered a subspecies of Vermiculated Screech Owl Megascops vermiculatus.
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.
