Santa Marta Screech Owl (Megascops gilesi)
About the Santa Marta Screech Owl
The Santa Marta screech owl (Megascops gilesi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia. The Santa Marta screech owl was formally described in 2017, though a specimen collected in 1919 was thought at the time to perhaps be a "distinct form". Relatively recent sightings of individuals that have been retroactively assigned to the species predate 2017. It is thought to be most closely related to West Peruvian screech owl (M. roboratus), tawny-bellied screech owl (M. watsonii), and black-capped screech owl (M. atricapilla).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 45 recordings for this species: 38 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bare-shanked Screech OwlMegascops clarkiirecording
- Black-capped Screech OwlMegascops atricapillarecording
- Choco Screech OwlMegascops centralisrecording
- Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asiorecording
- Foothill Screech OwlMegascops roraimaerecording
- Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalaerecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.