Cinnamon Screech Owl
Cinnamon Screech Owl ( Megascops peter soni )
The Cinnamon Screech Owl ( Megascops peter jacksoni) is a species of the family of authentics owls. It is found only in South America.
Appearance
With a height of about 21 centimeters, the Cinnamon Screech-Owl is within their genre, a relatively small Art It has a reddish- brown or cinnamon plumage and short to medium- long ear tufts. The body underside is paler than the body top. The legs are feathered to the toes.
Confusion opportunities exist with the Columbia Screech, but which is about 15 percent larger and sprinkled on the chest and abdomen. The Salvin Screech has a grayer plumage and corresponds to the height of Colombia Screech. From the Rio Napo Screech there is a reddish brown color morph that is similar in plumage coloration of Cinnamon Screech Owl. This species is, however, densely speckled on the underside and has yellow eyes.
Distribution and habitat
The distribution area of Cinnamon Screech-Owl is relatively small. It occurs only on the eastern side of the Andes of southern Ecuador to northern Peru. To what extent it also occurs on the eastern slopes of the Colombian Andes, is questionable. It is populated with dense undergrowth and a great wealth of epiphytes a state bird, the moisture by forests. The altitudinal distribution ranges from 1,690 meters to 2,450 meters.
Way of life
The Cinnamon Screech-Owl is a strictly nocturnal owl. Your food spectrum consists mainly of insects. It proposes but occasionally smaller vertebrates. Their reproductive biology is not yet sufficiently investigated. It breeds but probably before the dry season in July and August.