Cinnamon Screech-Owl

Cinnamon Screech-Owl / Megascops petersoni

Cinnamon Screech-Owl

Here the details of the Cinnamon Screech-Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Megascops petersoni
Protonym:  Otus petersoni WilsonBull. 98 p.1-14,front.
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae /
Taxonomy Code:  cinsco1
Type Locality:  
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Publish Year:  1986
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DEFINITIONS

MEGASCOPS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Eastern Screech Owl M. asio) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη  megalē  great; genus Scops Brünnich, 1772, owl. "5tes Subgenus. Megascops, Kp., Asiones, Schleg.  Schnabel vorgestreckt. Flügel kurz und stumpf. 1ste Schwinge so lang wie die 10te. 1ste bis 5te Schwinge an der Aussen- und Innenfahne deutlich ausgeschnitten. Fusswurzel befiedert. Zehen meist vollständig nackt.   8. Scops asio, Gr. Less." (Kaup 1851). The Eastern Screech Owl and its New World congeners were formerly placed in the genus Scops (= Otus).   
Synon. Athene, Gymnasio, Pseudociccaba.

petersoni
● Peterson’s Pocket, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (syn. Bolemoreus frenatus).
● Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) US pioneer field ornithologist, artist (Megascops).