Alagoas screech owl | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Megascops |
Species: | M. alagoensis
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Binomial name | |
Megascops alagoensis Dantas, SM; Weckstein, JD; Bates, JM; Oliveira, JN; Catanach, TA; Aleixo, ALP 2021
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Synonyms | |
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The Alagoas screech owl (Megascops alagoensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. [1] It is found only in the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco River of Brazil, and is threatened by forest fragmentation. [2] The holotype was collected at Engenho Coimbra. It is closely related to black-capped screech owl in both morphology and genetics. [3]
This species was described in 2021, and thus recognized in Avibase taxonomic concepts. [1] It is named for the Brazilian state of Alagoas, where it was first found. [2]
Alagoas screech owl | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Megascops |
Species: | M. alagoensis
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Binomial name | |
Megascops alagoensis Dantas, SM; Weckstein, JD; Bates, JM; Oliveira, JN; Catanach, TA; Aleixo, ALP 2021
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Synonyms | |
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The Alagoas screech owl (Megascops alagoensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. [1] It is found only in the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco River of Brazil, and is threatened by forest fragmentation. [2] The holotype was collected at Engenho Coimbra. It is closely related to black-capped screech owl in both morphology and genetics. [3]
This species was described in 2021, and thus recognized in Avibase taxonomic concepts. [1] It is named for the Brazilian state of Alagoas, where it was first found. [2]