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Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl

Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus] (= Megascops asio) (Linnaeus, C 1758)




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Classification
Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Megascops
Scientific:
  Megascops asio

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.92

Protonym:
  Strix Asio

Type locality:
  America = South Carolina, ex Catesby.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/110/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7C9596199C39E913

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7C959619

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7C959619

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 686658

English:
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl
French:
Petit-duc maculé, P.-d. des montagnes, P.-d. de Cooper, P.-d. d'Oaxaca ou P.-d. du Balsas

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Megascops asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Otus asio) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Screech Owl ( Otus asio) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Xot de Carolina
Czech: Výrecek Mooruv
Danish: Balsasdværghornugle
German: Balsakreischeule
English: Common Screech Owl, Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl, Eastern, Balsas, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl, Screech Owl
Esperanto: Orienta kriĉostrigo
Spanish: Autillo del Balsas, tecolote oriental
Spanish (Mexico): tecolote oriental
Estonian: kõnnupäll
Finnish: Meksikonkirkupöllönen
French: Petit-duc maculé, Petit-duc maculé ou P.-d. du Balsas, Petit-duc maculé, P.-d. des montagnes, P.-d. de Cooper, P.-d. d'Oaxaca ou P.-d. du Balsas
Hungarian: lármás füleskuvik
Italian: Assiolo di Balsas
Japanese (romaji): amerikaookonohazuku
Japanese: ヒガシアメリカオオコノハズク
Scientific: Megascops [asio or seductus], Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus], Megascops asio, Megascops asio asio, Otus asio, Strix Asio
Lithuanian: Šiaurės Amerikos apuokėlis
Dutch: Balsas-schreeuwuil, Schreeuwuil
Norwegian: Lundugle
Polish: syczek krzykliwy
Portuguese: Corujinha-do-leste
Russian: Североамериканская совка, Сова Балзаса малая
Slovak: výrcek škriekavý, Výrik škriekavý
Swedish: Östlig skrikdvärguv
Ukrainian: Сплюшка північна
Chinese: 东美角鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 東方鳴角鴞

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