Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (2)
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Eduardo de Juana, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 21, 2017
Text last updated September 21, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Амазонски чухал |
| Catalan | xot de Watson |
| Czech | výreček amazonský |
| Dutch | Donkerbruine Schreeuwuil |
| English | Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl |
| English (United States) | Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl |
| French | Petit-duc de Watson |
| French (France) | Petit-duc de Watson |
| German | Watsonkreischeule |
| Japanese | チャバラオオコノハズク |
| Norwegian | amazonugle |
| Polish | syczoń amazoński |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | corujinha-das-guianas/relógio/de-belém/do-xingu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Corujinha-d'orelhas |
| Russian | Буробрюхая совка |
| Serbian | Žutotrbi američki ćuk |
| Slovak | výrček mahagónový |
| Spanish | Autillo del Amazonas |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Autillo Ventrileonado |
| Spanish (Peru) | Lechuza de Vientre Leonado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Autillo del Amazonas |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Curucucú Orejudo |
| Swedish | gulbröstad skrikuv |
| Turkish | Amazon Puhucuğu |
| Ukrainian | Сплюшка амазонійська |
Megascops watsonii (Cassin, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Ephialtes Watsonii
Cassin, 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1848), p.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America; Napo region of eastern Ecuador proposed by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 55, 1926, p. 246; error = Orinoco River, Venezuela, cf. Chapman, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 332, 1928, p. 2.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEGASCOPS
- watsoni / watsonii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
