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Rufescent Screech Owl

A species of Screech owls
Scientific name : Megascops ingens Genus : Screech owls

Rufescent Screech Owl, A species of Screech owls
Botanical name: Megascops ingens
Genus: Screech owls
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Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) Photo By Dubi Shapiro

Description

The rufescent screech owl (Megascops ingens) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This is one of the larger species of screech owls, similar in size to the white-throated screech owl. The overall length is 25 to 29 cm (9.8 to 11.4 in) and weight in males is 134–190 g (4.7–6.7 oz) and 140–273 g (4.9–9.6 oz) in females. Its coloration is sandy-brown above, vermiculated darker, the facial disc is sandy-brown, without a distinct rim. The flight feathers are barred cinnamon and dusky and the tail is cinnamon with darker brown bars. The hind crown has buffy-whitish border. It has honey-brown eyes and small ear tufts. The tarsi are feathered to the base of the toes. The Colombian screech owl was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now considered conspecific. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist montane forests, from elevations of 1,200 to 2,500 m (3,900 to 8,200 ft). This relatively powerful bird is a strictly nocturnal bird that becomes active at dusk. During the daytime it mostly roosts among epiphytes on thick branches. Little is known about the life history of this bird. Larger insects and spiders are taken, as well as small vertebrates. The reproductive biology of this owl merits further study, but it typically nests in a natural hole in a tree where it lays pure white eggs directly on the bottom of the cavity. The rufescent screech owl is classified as least concern by the IUCN.
Size
28 cm
Habitat
The habitat of rufescent Screech Owl encompasses mature montane evergreen forests, secondary growth, and thinned forest areas. This species adapts to living on the edges of forests and in shrubby environments. Rufescent Screech Owl is also known to inhabit solitary tall trees in pasturelands and at forest peripheries, showing some tolerance for fragmented landscapes where sizable forest remnants exist.
Dite type
Carnivorous
Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) Photo By Dubi Shapiro

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