Vermiculated Screech-Owl -- This subspecies, found from southern Venezuela east to Suriname, is sometimes treated as a distinct species.
Other name: Roraiman Screech Owl M. roraimae.
(Salvin, 1897): NOTE(AS,SSP,ENG: M. roraimae is split from M. guatemalae (Holt et al. 1999; Koenig et al.1999; cf. SACC 12; H&M 4). The form from the northern ranges of Venezuela is attributable to the taxon pallidus (Hekstra, 1982; Krabbe 2017), perhaps
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
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Antarctica
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Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
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Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
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North America (includes the Caribbean)
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Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)