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Vermiculated Screech Owl

Megascops vermiculatus Ridgway, R 1887

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-22 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

"Puntarenas" Screech Owl in foreground, Vermiculated Screech Owl in background

1085674
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-23 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

In the foreground is the so-called undescribed "Puntarenas" Screech Owl, with a more typical Vermiculated Screech Owl call in the background

1085663
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-24 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

the so-called undescribed "Puntarenas" Screech Owl. It called on and off most of the night. At one point several hoots were heard which appeared to be an interaction but was not recorded.

1085667
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-23 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

the so-called undescribed "Puntarenas" Screech Owl. It called on and off most of the night.

1085665
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Hans Matheve 2019-01-31 La Selva biological station, Heredia, Heredia (Costa Rica) (60 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

518719
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae David Bradley 08-05-2003 Lacandon, Chiapas, Chiapas (Mexico) (300 m) tremolo call (C) - heavily edited because of insect noise 3320
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-23 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

the so-called undescribed "Puntarenas" Screech Owl. It called on and off most of the night.

1085664
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus vermiculatus Euclides Campos Cedeño 2014-08-06 Donoso, Colon, Colón (Panama) (130 m) song -

Very common in the area.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:yes

190370
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus vermiculatus Daniel Lane 03-04-2001 SE of Puerto Viejo, Heredia, Heredia (Costa Rica) (60 m) song (B) - Response to playback. Perched about 2-3m up in dense tall second growth forest (canopy 20m). Rufous morph. Recording (not its ID) has been discussed. See the forum. 65705
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Patrick ODonnell 2016-03-12 Las Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Puntarenas, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (260 m) call -

Short call often given by birds on Pacific slope. I'm not sure if they also give the long, tremulous vocalization commonly heard on the Caribbean slope. Perhaps more than one species in Costa Rica of this complex.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

314751
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1993-06-09 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   211131
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus Daniel Lane 2001-04-03 La Selva Biological Station; Barrio Flaminia, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   - ML: 250 Hz high-pass scientific filter applied in Adobe Audition CC 2017. 225543
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1989-02-19 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   215427
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1989-02-19 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   215424
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus GABRIEL LEITE 2019-07-19 La Selva, Sarapiqui, Heredia, Heredia (Costa Rica) (70 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:yes

489605
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus Curtis A. Marantz 1991-04-02 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   76629
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus Paul Driver 2026-02-24 Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula., Golfito (Costa Rica) (130 m) call -

1085668
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1989-02-19 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   215433
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus Euclides "Kilo" Campos 2014-08-06 , Colón (Panama)   -   111037271
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1989-02-17 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   215381
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech Owl - Megascops vermiculatus vermiculatus Euclides Campos Cedeño 2014-08-06 Donoso, Colon, Colón (Panama) (130 m) call -

This owl is really common in this part of Donoso, Colon. I would say really common in mature forest. My first encounter with this owl was last month where I was able to take a picture. So far as I know, this is the eastern most record for Panama.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:yes

190369
xeno-canto.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus David L. Ross, Jr. 1989-02-15 La Selva Biological Station, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica)   -   215342
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus Marantz, Curtis A La Selva Biological Station; Holdridge Arboretum, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica) call -   184068
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Vermiculated) - Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus Marantz, Curtis A La Selva Biological Station; Sendero Tres Rios, 375 meters, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia (Costa Rica) advertise; call -   184177
macaulaylibrary.org
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