Screech owl

Eastern Screech Owl ( Megascops asio )

The screech owl ( Megascops ) are a genus of authentics owls ( Strigidae ). The genus includes about 30 species that were set earlier in the scops owl ( Otus ). There are small to medium-sized owls that occur exclusively in America. Most screech owls are strictly nocturnal and hunt mainly large insects and other small prey.

Species

The following list presents the various types of screech owls:

  • White-throated Screech-Owl ( Megascops albogularis )
  • Eastern Screech Owl ( Megascops asio )
  • Black Caps Screech Owl ( Megascops atricapillus)
  • Choliba Screech-Owl ( Megascops choliba )
  • Naked leg Screech Owl ( Megascops clarkii )
  • Guatemala Screech-Owl ( Megascops guatemalae )
  • Drop Screech Owl ( Megascops barbarus )
  • Colombia Screech-Owl ( Megascops colombianus )
  • Mangrove Screech Owl ( Megascops cooperi )
  • Mountain forest Screech-Owl ( Megascops hoyi )
  • Salvin Screech-Owl ( Megascops ingens )
  • Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii )
  • Koepcke Screech-Owl ( Megascops koepckeae )
  • Oaxaca Screech-Owl ( Megascops lambi )
  • Cloud forest Screech-Owl ( Megascops marshalli )
  • Rio Napo Screech-Owl ( Megascops napensis )
  • Puerto Rican Screech Owl ( Megascops nudipes )
  • Cinnamon Screech Owl ( Megascops peter soni )
  • Peru Screech-Owl ( Megascops roboratus )
  • Tumbes Screech-Owl ( Megascops pacificus )
  • Roraima Screech-Owl ( Megascops roraimae )
  • Balsas Screech Owl ( Megascops seductus )
  • Santa Catarina Screech-Owl ( Megascops sanctaecatarinae )
  • Spots Screech Owl ( Megascops Trichopsis )
  • Usta Screech-Owl ( Megascops usta )
  • Watson Screech-Owl ( Megascops watsonii )
  • Kritzel Screech Owl ( Megascops vermiculatus )
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