Black-capped Screech-owl

Black-capped Screech-owl

Taxobox
name = Black-capped Screech-owl


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Megascops"
species = "M. atricapilla"
binomial = "Megascops atricapilla"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1822)
synonyms = "Otus atricapilla" (Temminck, 1822)
The Black-capped Screech-owl ("Megascops atricapilla"), or Variable Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54332/all Megascops atricapilla] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

"Megascops atricapillus" at [http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Megascops&species=atricapillus owlpages.com]


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