Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Reference:
  Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.92

Protonym:
  Strix Asio

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1C33336279F7964C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1C333362

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1C333362

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 686658

Geographic range:

• Megascops kennicottii kennicottii: Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska south to southern Oregon
• Megascops kennicottii bendirei: Pacific coast of North America from south central Oregon south through California (west of the Sierra Nevada) to northwestern Mexico (coastal northern Baja California)
• Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei: southern British Columbia south to eastern Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana
• Megascops kennicottii aikeni: California east of the Sierra Nevada and Nevada east to Colorado and west Texas
• Megascops kennicottii cardonensis: northern Baja California
• Megascops kennicottii xantusi: Cape district of s Baja California
• Megascops kennicottii yumanensis: SE California and sw Arizona to n Mexico (nw Sonora)
• Megascops kennicottii suttoni: SW Texas to Mexican Plateau
• Megascops kennicottii vinaceus: N Mexico (s Sonora and w Chihuahua to n Sinaloa)
• Megascops asio asio: Oklahoma to South Carolina and Georgia
• Megascops asio naevius: SE Canada and ne US (south to North Carolina)
• Megascops asio maxwelliae: S-central Canada and n-central US
• Megascops asio hasbroucki: Central Oklahoma to Texas
• Megascops asio floridanus: Louisiana to Florida
• Megascops asio mccallii: S Texas to ne Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
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