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Roraima Screech-Owl - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Foothill Screech-Owl

Megascops vermiculatus roraimae

Otus vermiculatus roraimae

Identification

Distribution

South-east Venezuela and nearest parts of Brazil

Taxonomy

Some authorities consider Roraima Screech Owl a subspecies of Vermiculated 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

Tepuis

Behaviour

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