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Black-capped Screech-Owl Megascops atricapilla Scientific name definitions

Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2017

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Distribution of the Black-capped Screech-Owl - Range Map
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Distribution of the Black-capped Screech-Owl

Recommended Citation

Holt, D. W., R. Berkley, C. Deppe, P. L. Enríquez, J. L. Petersen, J. L. Rangel Salazar, K. P. Segars, K. L. Wood, and J. S. Marks (2020). Black-capped Screech-Owl (Megascops atricapilla), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkcsco1.01
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