Alagoas screech owl

Alagoas screech owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops
Species:
M. alagoensis
Binomial name
Megascops alagoensis
Dantas, SM; Weckstein, JD; Bates, JM; Oliveira, JN; Catanach, TA; Aleixo, ALP 2021
Synonyms
  • Megascops atricapilla (Temminck, 1822)

The Alagoas screech owl (Megascops alagoensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.[1] It is found only in the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco River of Brazil, and is threatened by forest fragmentation.[2] The holotype was collected at Engenho Coimbra. It is closely related to black-capped screech owl in both morphology and genetics.[3]

This species was described in 2021, and thus recognized in Avibase taxonomic concepts.[1] It is named for the Brazilian state of Alagoas, where it was first found.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Megascops alagoensis (Alagoas Screech-Owl) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. ^ a b DANTAS, SIDNEI M.; WECKSTEIN, JASON D.; BATES, JOHN; OLIVEIRA, JOICIANE N.; CATANACH, THERESE A.; ALEIXO, ALEXANDRE (2021-03-26). "Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla-M. watsonii) complex (Aves: Strigidae)". Zootaxa. 4949 (3): zootaxa.4949.3.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33903329.
  3. ^ Dantas, Sidnei M.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Bates, John; Oliveira, Joiciane N.; Catanach, Therese A.; Aleixo, Alexandre (2021-03-26). "Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla-M. watsonii) complex (Aves: Strigidae)". Zootaxa. 4949 (3): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33903329.


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