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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops

Whiskered Screech Owl

Megascops trichopsis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whsowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops

Subspecies (3)

Megascops trichopsis aspersus

southeastern Arizona to northwestern Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua)
Megascops trichopsis mesamericanus

southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) to north-central Nicaragua
Megascops trichopsis trichopsis

highlands of central Mexico (Durango to Veracruz and Chiapas)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whsowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.