Peruvian Screech-Owl

SCI Name:  Megascops roboratus
Protonym:  Otus roboratus Auk 35 p.448
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Megascops
Taxonomy Code:  persco1
Type Locality:  Bellavista, Peru.
Author:  Bangs & Noble
Publish Year:  1918
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

roboratus
L. roboratus  strong  < roborare  to strengthen  < robur, roboris  hardwood.

SUBSPECIES

Peruvian Screech-Owl (pacificus)
SCI Name: Megascops roboratus pacificus
pacificus
L. pacificus  peaceful  < pax, pacis  peace; facere  to make.  The Pacific Ocean was so-named by the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães in 1520, contrasting its calm waters with the stormy seas of Cape Horn.  The toponym refers to islands in the Pacific Ocean as well as localities on Pacific Ocean coasts.
● Tahiti; ex “Pacific Parrot, var. B” of Latham 1781 (‡syn. Cyanoramphus zealandicus).
● New Holland; ex “Black-backed Gull” (pt.) of Latham 1785, and “Pacific Gull” of Latham 1801 (Larus).
● Erroneous TL. Islands of the South Sea (= Norton Sound, Alaska); ex “Pacific Crow” of Latham 1781 (subsp. Perisoreus canadensis).

Peruvian Screech-Owl (roboratus)
SCI Name: Megascops roboratus roboratus
roboratus
L. roboratus  strong  < roborare  to strengthen  < robur, roboris  hardwood.