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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Aperture Value
f/5.6
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
700 mm
ISO
1600
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Thu 17 Dec 2020 08:34:54 PM EST
English Tropical Screech Owl
Scientific (Megascops choliba)
Order STRIGIFORMES
Family (Latin) Strigidae
Family (English) Owls
Other name(s) Tropical Screech-Owl, Tropical Screech-owl
Breeding Regions MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions Costa Rica to ne Argentina
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Guyana,Panama,Paraguay, Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Uruguay,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
luctisonus Costa Rica to nw Colombia
margaritae Margarita I. (off n Venezuela)
duidae s Venezuela
cruciger e Colombia and e Peru through Venezuela, the Guianas to ne Brazil
surutus Bolivia
decussatus c, e Brazil
choliba s Brazil and e Paraguay
wetmorei w Paraguay and n Argentina
uruguaii se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Vieillot, 1817)
German Tropenkreischeule
French Petit-duc choliba
Chinese 热带角鸮
Japanese スピックスコノハズク
Russian Южноамериканская совка
Spanish Autillo chóliba
Portuguese corujinha-sul-americana
Bird Data App text Widespread and common, and best identified by black border to facial disk, and the rising final note in song.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO 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)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)