Birds of Venezuela


White-throated Screech Owl (Megascops albogularis) Reserva Yanacocha, Pichincha, Ecuador
Photograph by Angus Pritchard © All Rights Reserved.


Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread and common, and best identified by black border to facial disk, and the rising final note in song.
A grey and a rufous owl at a typical roost site.
Daytime shot from back.


Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) Manu, Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.

In IOC 9.1 the dark-eyed and less rufous Colombian Screech Owl was merged with this species. Found locally around 1500m. Not too vocal. Rufescent.


Foothill Screech Owl (Megascops roraimae roraimae) Brownsberg Nature Park, Brokopondo, Suriname This subspecies was once called the Roraiman Screech Owl.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Foothill Screech Owl (Megascops roraimae napensis) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops watsonii watsonii) Surama, Guyana
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

Note dark border to facial disk similar to Tropical Screech Owl, but note tawny chest and orange (not yellow) eyes. The subspecies south of the Amazon is darker and has a brown and rufous morph (HBW).

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba