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Santa Marta Screech Owl ~ Megascops gilesi

Introduction

The Santa Marta Screech Owl is a small owl with short ear-tufts. It was discovered in February 2007.

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Information

Distribution: Known from the El Dorado Bird Reserve in the Sierra Nevada of the Santa Marta mountain range in northern Colombia.

Range of Santa Marta Screech Owl (Megascops gilesi)
Range of the Santa Marta Screech Owl Megascops gilesi

Status: Listed as Vulnerable by Birdlife International.

Original Description: Krabbe. N. K. 2017. A new species of Megascops (Strigidae) from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls. Ornitología Colombiana 16:eA08.

References: (may contain affiliate links)
BirdLife International. 2020. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN.
International Ornithological Congress. 2023. "IOC World Bird List - Owls".
Megascops gilesi at Xeno-canto.

See also: Other owls from South America, Genus: Megascops.

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