Long-tufted Screech Owl ~ Megascops sanctaecatarinae

Introduction

The Long-tufted Screech Owl is a small to medium-sized owl with bushy ear-tufts. It is also known as the Santa Catarina Screech Owl.

Photo Gallery (6 pictures)

Sound Gallery

Typical Call - São Francisco de Paula, Brazil. August 2008. CC Nick Athanas.

Information

Distribution: Southeast Brazil, Uraguay and northeast Argentina.

Range of the Long-tufted Screech Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae

Status: Locally common.

Original Description: Salvin, Osbert. 1897. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (BBOC) 6: p. 37.