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Middle American Screech Owl

Megascops guatemalae (Sharpe, RB 1875)

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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 (Guatemalan) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Romel Romero 2018-03-25 HN-Comayagua-La Libertad-Finca Don Chema, Comayagua, Honduras, Comayagua (Honduras)   -   91417971
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae hastatus Richard E. Webster 2019-04-18 Pichilingue Road, Sinaloa, Sinaloa (Mexico) (200 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

500332
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Julio Hernandez 2019-08-29 Chapel Hill Road, Cayo, Belize, Cayo (Belize)   -   174698701
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae Ross Gallardy 2016-08-12 Sendero de Xocen, Yucatán (Mexico) (30 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

332440
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Rose Ann Rowlett 2019-04-19 Panuco Road, Concordia, Sinaloa, Mexico, Concordia (Mexico)   - A nearby noise—perhaps a begging call?—is associated with the trilled song of a Middle American Screech-Owl that is calling from tall trees in the dry-now TDF along the upper Pánuco road. At ca. 3’00”, I could imagine a young owl being fed and then begging some more. Then all was quiet. Recorded using a Fostex FR-2LE with a Sennheiser ME62 & Telinga Universal 22" parabola. 352412731
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Roni Martinez 2018-03-24 Sarteneja Airstrip , Corozal, Belize, Corozal (Belize)   -   92184691
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Guatemalan) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Romel Romero 2018-03-25 HN-Comayagua-La Libertad-Finca Don Chema, Comayagua, Honduras, Comayagua (Honduras)   -   91419811
macaulaylibrary.org
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Guatemalan) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Ross Gallardy 2016-08-12 Reserva Xocén (privado), Yucatán, Mexico, Valladolid (Mexico)   -   33208291
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae guatemalae Max Noack 2026-01-01 Reserva Natural Privada Chajbaoc, Alta Verapaz, Cobán (Guatemala) (1300 m) song - [sono] 1069980
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae hastatus Richard E. Webster 2019-04-19 Panuco Road, Sinaloa, Sinaloa (Mexico) (600 m) call, song -

one nice adult song at 1:02; the screech that is throughout the rest of the recording was thought to perhaps be a begging young bird, but no proof of that; interval shortened at 2:58, for another adult song, more distant, a couple of minutes later; and shortened at 3:08 from 6:12 a.m., same territory; and 3:21 from 6:13 a.m., with the bees coming out now;

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

500458
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae Sue Riffe 2022-11-24 La Esmeralda, Santa María Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Juchitán (Mexico) (100 m) song -

Natural vocalization

772727
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae hastatus Richard E. Webster 2014-12-14 REMM-- El Chalate Grande, Sonora, MX, Sonora (Mexico) (600 m) song -

the last several songs show a little more rise and fall and the note shape is a little more of a sickle; I think it is the same bird as the start, just more excited by each other and/or the close and loud Mottled Owl;

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

401029
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae hastatus Richard E. Webster 2019-04-24 Reserva Ecológica Sierra de San Juan--La Noria, Nayarit, Nayarit (Mexico) (1200 m) song -

not seen; singing at 11 a.m.; as pure speculation, the pair of trogons had been inspecting cavities, and perhaps woke up the screech-owl???; from fairly high in the shade trees of shade coffee plantation;

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

500334
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae Eric Hough 2018-12-13 Arroyo Santa Barbara, Reserva Monte Mojino, Sonora, Sonora (Mexico) (800 m) Agitation, male, song -

We initially used playback for detection, then two males proceeded to have territorial dispute, with one coming close giving this agitated song. Recorded with iPhone XR with Rode Rec app. I used high pass filter, noise reduction, and amplification in Audacity. Same bird as XC461157, XC461158, and XC461159.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:yes

461156
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae Nick Komar 2017-10-28 Sima de las Cotorras, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas, Chiapas (Mexico) (850 m) song -

Recording edited for clarity with interference spliced out (several minutes), derived from a longer clip that is archived in the Macaulay Library ML73977261. In this clip, Great Horned Owl is heard in this second minute, and pygmy-owl is heard in the third minute.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

391763
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Bob McGuire 2019-03-29 , Chilpancingo de los Bravo (Mexico)   -   190303731
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech Owl - Megascops guatemalae Paul Driver 2023-04-21 Pooks Hill Lodge (near Springfield), Cayo District, Cayo (Belize) (90 m) song - [sono] 796918
xeno-canto.org
Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Blair Dudeck 2020-02-17 PN Cañón del Sumidero, Chiapas, Mexico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)   -   213443091
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Romel Romero 2019-04-16 Finca Don Chema, Comayagua, Honduras, Comayagua (Honduras)   -   158544651
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Gabriel Leite 2026-03-13 , Zacapa (Guatemala)   -   653495298
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Alán Palacios 2022-12-17 , San Blas (incl. Islas Tres Marias) (Mexico)   -   520148011
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae Romel Romero 2019-06-08 Finca Don Chema, Comayagua, Honduras, Comayagua (Honduras)   -   163490351
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Holly Coates 2026-02-14 , Pochutla (Mexico)   -   651909775
macaulaylibrary.org
Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American) - Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group] Colby Neuman 2024-12-07 , San Blas (incl. Islas Tres Marias) (Mexico)   -   628164544
macaulaylibrary.org
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