West Peruvian Screech Owl
The Peru Screech Owl ( Megascops roboratus ) is a species of the family of the authentics owls. It is found only in South America.
Appearance
With a height of about 20 centimeters, the Peru Screech a small to medium sized Art is within their species It occurs in a gray and a red-brown color morph. She has short ear tufts. On the body top has the Peru Screech blackish longitudinal stripes and a few small points. The face veil is gray-brown with a dark brown border. On the underparts, the longitudinal stripes are relatively narrow. Here, the plumage on some irregular horizontal stripes. The legs are feathered to the toes. The eyes are yellow.
Possible confusion arise, for instance with the Tumbes Screech, but which is slightly smaller than Peru and kurzschwänziger Screech. The Koepcke Screech Owl is larger and has a more drawn body bottom. The White-throated Screech-Owl is also larger, with her also a lack of ear tufts.
Distribution and habitat
The Peru Screech Owl is found only in a relatively small area in the west of South America. They colonized the catchment area of the rivers Chinchipe and Marañón in northern Peru and southern Ecuador. It is probably at this owl is a state bird. Their habitat is dry deciduous forests. Your altitudinal distribution ranges 500-1200 meters above sea level.
Way of life
The Peru Screech Owl is a nocturnal owl. You will meet in the dense foliage of trees or bushes. Your food range includes probably exclusively insects. It breeds in tree holes. Their reproductive biology, however, is otherwise largely unexplored.