Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi] (Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl)

Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl

Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi] (= 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:
ACC29D70FF4AF057

Avibase ID:
avibase-ACC29D70

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ACC29D70

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686658

Geographic range:

Megascops kennicottii kennicottii: Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska southward to southern Oregon
Megascops kennicottii bendirei: Pacific coast of North America from south-central Oregon southward through California (west of the Sierra Nevada) to northwestern Mexico (coastal northern Baja California)
Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei: southern British Columbia southward to eastern Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana
Megascops kennicottii aikeni: California east of the Sierra Nevada and Nevada eastward to Colorado and western Texas
Megascops kennicottii cardonensis: northern Baja California
Megascops kennicottii xantusi: Cape district of southern Baja California
Megascops kennicottii yumanensis: southeastern California and southwestern Arizona to northern Mexico (northwestern Sonora)
Megascops kennicottii suttoni: southwestern Texas to Mexican Plateau
Megascops kennicottii vinaceus: northern Mexico (southern Sonora and western Chihuahua to northern Sinaloa)
Megascops asio asio: Oklahoma to South Carolina and Georgia
Megascops asio naevius: southeastern Canada and northeastern USA (south to North Carolina)
Megascops asio maxwelliae: south-central Canada and north-central USA
Megascops asio hasbroucki: central Oklahoma to Texas
Megascops asio floridanus: Louisiana to Florida
Megascops asio mccallii: southern Texas to northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
Megascops cooperi: Pacific slope of southern Mexico (far eastern Oaxaca and Chiapas) southward to northwestern Costa Rica
Megascops lambi: coastal southern Mexico (Pacific slope of Oaxaca)
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Source: Clements checklist

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

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Screech Owl ( Otus asio)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio or kennicottii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio or kennicottii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eastern, Western, Pacific Screech-Owl or Oaxaca Screech Owl ( Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi or lambi])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Megascops [asio, kennicottii, cooperi, lambi or seductus]

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