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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops

White-throated Screech Owl

Megascops albogularis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whtsco1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops

Subspecies (5)

Megascops albogularis albogularis

eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador
Megascops albogularis macabrus

western and central Andes of Colombia and Ecuador to northern Peru
Megascops albogularis meridensis

Andes of western Venezuela
Megascops albogularis obscurus

Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)
Megascops albogularis remotus

Andes of eastern Peru to western Bolivia (Cochabamba)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whtsco1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.