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Flammulated Owl

Psiloscops flammeolus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The flammulated owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) is a small migratory North American owl in the family Strigidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Psiloscops. Taxonomy The flammulated owl was formally described in 1852 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup under the binomial name Scops flammeola .

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 6,635Canada · 366Mexico · 197