White-throated screech owl

Megascops albogularis

The white-throated screech owl is an owl found in Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is the largest species of the genus ''Megascops'', at 26 centimetres and 185 grams.
White-throated Screech-Owl seen on the way to Yellow-eared Parrot Reserve Colombia,Geotagged,Megascops albogularis,White-throated screech owl,Winter,Yellow-eared Parrot Reserve

Naming

The white-throated screech owl was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1849 and given the binomial name ''Syrnium albogularis''.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderStrigiformes
FamilyStrigidae
GenusMegascops
SpeciesM. albogularis
Photographed in
Colombia