Megascops roraimae pallidus (Roraima Screech Owl (pallidus))

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Roraima Screech Owl (pallidus)

Megascops roraimae pallidus (Hekstra, GP 1982)

Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Megascops
Scientific:
  Megascops roraimae pallidus

Original description

Citation:
(Hekstra, GP 1982)

Reference:
Bull. Zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam 9(7) p.57

Protonym:
Otus guatemalae pallidus

Type locality:
AMNH 476699, Andes de Cumana, Northern Venezuela, adult, sex unknown, red morph, March 1897, ex Museo Delmas, wing 167 mm. Distribution and habitat. Northern Venezuela in coastal Andes mountains from Puerto Cabello to Peninsula Paria; also to be expected in the Sierra de Perija of northern Colombia.

Link:
https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505424/BULL1982009007001.pdf

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
533FEC61BD744861

Avibase ID:
avibase-533FEC61

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/533FEC61

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 1063762

English:
Roraima Screech Owl (pallidus)
French:
Petit-duc du Roraima (pallidus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Roraima Screech Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Roraima Screech-Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Roraima Screech-Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Roraima Screech-Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Roraima Screech-Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Roraima Screech-Owl (pallidus) ( Megascops roraimae pallidus)
Avilist 2025: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2021: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2022: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2023: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2024: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2025: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2018: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Clements, version 2019: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Otus guatemalae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Megascops roraimae pallidus [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Megascops roraimae [roraimae or pallidus]

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