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Bearded Screech-owl

Megascops barbarus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The bearded screech owl or Santa Barbara screech owl (Megascops barbarus) is a small "typical owl" in subfamily Striginae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Taxonomy and systematics The bearded screech owl was first described by Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1868.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 216