Order: Strigiformes | Family: Strigidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Status: The Foothill Screech-Owl is uncommon within a narrow band of 600-1700 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Lechuza Submontana.
Sub-species: Foothill Screech-Owl (Megascops roaraimae), Chapman, 1928.
Meaning of Name: Megascops: Gr. Megas, megale= large, great and scops= an owl. roraimae: originating from or in reference to the mountains of Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela.
Formerly known as Megascops guatemalae napensis (2018).

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.