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Xingu screech owl

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Species of owl

Xingu screech owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Megascops
Species: M. stangiae
Binomial name
Megascops stangiae
Dantas, SM; Weckstein, JD; Bates, JM; Oliveira, JN; Catanach, TA; Aleixo, ALP 2021
Synonyms
  • Otus watsonii usta (Sclater, 1858)
  • Megascops usta (Sclater, 1858)
  • Megascops watsonii usta (Sclater, 1858)

The Xingu screech owl (Megascops stangiae) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found only in the Tapajos-Xingu and Xingu-Tocantins of Brazil. The holotype was collected in Serra dos Carajás. It is closely related to tawny-bellied screech owl in both morphology and genetics, but could be differed by its longer song pace.

This species was described in 2021, and thus recognized in Avibase taxonomic concepts.

References

  1. ^ "Megascops stangiae (Xingu Screech-Owl) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. 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. hdl:10138/340062. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33903329.
Taxon identifiers
Megascops stangiae


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