Vermiculated Screech Owl (Megascops vermiculatus)
About the Vermiculated Screech Owl
The vermiculated screech owl (Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus), is a subspecies of Middle American screech owl, or possibly separate species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. The taxonomy of the vermiculated screech owl is unsettled. The North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS/NACC), the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy treat it as a subspecies of the Middle American screech owl (M. guatemalae). BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treats it as a separate species. What is now the foothill screech owl (M. roraimae) was once considered a subspecies of the vermiculated screech owl.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 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 Costa Rica, Panama 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.