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Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Austral)

Megascops watsonii usta

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The tawny-bellied screech owl (Megascops watsonii) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The tawny-bellied screech owl was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1849 and given the binomial name Ephialtes watsonii.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 4