Alagoas screech owl explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megascops alagoensis (Alagoas Screech-Owl) - Avibase . 2022-10-12 . avibase.bsc-eoc.org.
  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 . zootaxa.4949.3.1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1 . 1175-5334. free . 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1 . 1175-5334. free . 33903329 .

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