Middle American Screech-Owl / Megascops guatemalae
Middle American Screech-Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Scops guatemalae Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 2 p.112 pl.9
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops
Taxonomy Code: vesowl
Type Locality: Guatemala.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
MEGASCOPS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Eastern Screech Owl M. asio) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; genus Scops Brünnich, 1772, owl. "5tes Subgenus. Megascops, Kp., Asiones, Schleg. Schnabel vorgestreckt. Flügel kurz und stumpf. 1ste Schwinge so lang wie die 10te. 1ste bis 5te Schwinge an der Aussen- und Innenfahne deutlich ausgeschnitten. Fusswurzel befiedert. Zehen meist vollständig nackt. 8. Scops asio, Gr. Less." (Kaup 1851). The Eastern Screech Owl and its New World congeners were formerly placed in the genus Scops (= Otus).
Synon. Athene, Gymnasio, Pseudociccaba.
guatemalae / guatemalensis / guatimalensis
Guatemala (Nahuatl name Cuauhtēmallān place of many trees).
SUBSPECIES
Middle American Screech-Owl (Middle American)
SCI Name: Megascops guatemalae [guatemalae Group]
MEGASCOPS
(Strigidae; Ϯ Eastern Screech Owl M. asio) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; genus Scops Brünnich, 1772, owl. "5tes Subgenus. Megascops, Kp., Asiones, Schleg. Schnabel vorgestreckt. Flügel kurz und stumpf. 1ste Schwinge so lang wie die 10te. 1ste bis 5te Schwinge an der Aussen- und Innenfahne deutlich ausgeschnitten. Fusswurzel befiedert. Zehen meist vollständig nackt. 8. Scops asio, Gr. Less." (Kaup 1851). The Eastern Screech Owl and its New World congeners were formerly placed in the genus Scops (= Otus).
Synon. Athene, Gymnasio, Pseudociccaba.
Middle American Screech-Owl (Vermiculated)
SCI Name: Megascops guatemalae vermiculatus
vermiculata / vermiculatus
L. vermiculatus vermiculated, with sinuous worm-like markings < vermiculus little worm < dim. vermis worm.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)