Santa Marta screech owl
| Santa Marta screech owl | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Megascops |
| Species: | M. gilesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Megascops gilesi (Krabbe, 2017) | |
The Santa Marta screech owl (Megascops gilesi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia.[1] It was formally described in 2017, though sightings predate that time.[2]
References
- ↑ Krabbe, N. K. (2017). "A new species of Megascops (Strigidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls". Ornitología Colombiana. 16: 1–27.
- ↑ "Santa Marta screech owl eBird range map". Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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