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Wild Florida Photo - Megascops - American screech-owls genus

Genus

Megascops Pennant, 1769

American screech-owls

Megascops asioMegascops asio
Eastern screech owl
screech owl
Previously classified as the genus Otus, which now encompasses Old-world scops owls, American screech owls are now considered to be Megascops species.

Species of the Megascops genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:

  Megascops asio
Eastern Screech Owl
Megascops asio

The genus Megascops is a member of the Strigidae - Typical Owls family.

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