Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba)

Family: Strigidae

Megascops choliba;
Tropical Screech-Owl;
Corujinha-do-mato.

Strix choliba VIEILLOT 1817
Strix decussata LICHTENSTEIN 1823

Local subspecies: Megascops choliba decussata.
Range of subspecies: Eastern and central Brazil.
See Cory 1918, Holt et al. 1999.

16/12/2005; Fazenda Canaã, Pentecoste, Ceará, Brazil. 200 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. This owl resided in a tree in front of my house in Fazenda Canaã.

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