Eastern Screech Owl
Megascops asio
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Megascops
- eBird Code
- easowl1
Vocalizations
Tait Sougstad · CC0_1_0
Carter Dorscht · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (5)
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Megascops asio asio
southeastern Canada and northeastern USA southward to central and east-central USA
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Megascops asio floridanus
Louisiana to Florida
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Megascops asio hasbroucki
central Oklahoma to Texas
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Megascops asio maxwelliae
south-central Canada and north-central USA
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Megascops asio mccallii
southern Texas to northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.