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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops

Rufescent Screech Owl

Megascops ingens

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rufsco1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops

Subspecies (3)

Megascops ingens colombianus

west slope of Andes of Colombia to northwestern Ecuador
Megascops ingens ingens

Andes of northern Ecuador to Peru and west-central Bolivia
Megascops ingens venezuelanus

Andes of northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rufsco1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.