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    The western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii) is a small owl native to North and Central America, closely related to the eastern screech owl. The scientific...
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    Screech owls are typical owls (Strigidae) belonging to the genus Megascops with 22 living species. For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged...
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    The eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) or eastern screech-owl, is a small owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada...
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    The whiskered screech owl (Megascops trichopsis) is a small screech owl found in North and Central America. Adults occur in 2 color morphs, in either...
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  • occidentalis Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii Whiskered screech-owl, Megascops trichopsis Flammulated owl, Psiloscops...
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    Nicaragua. The Pacific screech owl has sometimes been treated as a race of western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii) or eastern screech owl (M. asio) but its...
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    areas inhabited by western screech owl (Megascops kennicotti). Several instances of predation have been noted on the screech owls and the recent, unprecedented...
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  • species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in...
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    shape. Female scops owls are usually larger than males. For most of the 20th century, this genus included the American screech owls, which are now again...
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    American screech owl (Megascops guatemalae), also known as the Guatemalan screech owl or the vermiculated screech owl, is a species of owl in the family...
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