Order: Strigiformes | Family: Strigidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia
Status: The Tropical Screech-Owl is common in Amazonia. It has been recorded at elevations of up to 2300 m on the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Lechuza Tropical.
Sub-species: Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba cruciger), Spix, 1824.
Meaning of Name: Megascops: Gr. Megas, megale= large, great and scops= an owl. In reference of Old World generally eared owls. choliba: Aragonese-Spanish, name Chóliba for the European Scops Owl.

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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.