Middle American Screech-Owl

Middle American Screech-Owl / Megascops guatemalae

Middle American Screech-Owl

Here the details of the Middle American Screech-Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Megascops guatemalae
Protonym:  Scops guatemalae Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 2 p.112 pl.9
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae /
Taxonomy Code:  vesowl
Type Locality:  Guatemala.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  

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.

guatemalae / guatemalensis / guatimalensis
Guatemala (Nahuatl name Cuauhtēmallān place of many trees).

SUBSPECIES

Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American)
SCI Name: Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group]
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.

Middle American Screech-Owl (Vermiculated)
SCI Name: Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus
vermiculata / vermiculatus
L. vermiculatus vermiculated, with sinuous worm-like markings < vermiculus little worm < dim. vermis worm.