Long-tufted Screech Owl (Megascops sanctaecatarinae)
About the Long-tufted Screech Owl
The long-tufted screech owl (Megascops sanctaecatarinae) is a species of "typical owl" in the subfamily Striginae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The long-tufted screech owl has had a tortuous taxonomic history. What is currently (2022) accepted as the species' original description was by Osbert Salvin in 1897; he assigned it the binomial Scops sanctae-catarinae. Genus Scops was lumped into Otus in the early 20th century but in the early 21st century the current Megascops was adopted for what are now 23 species of screech owls.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 73 recordings for this species: 25 CC BY-NC-SA. 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay 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.