Megascops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Strigiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Strigiformes

Familia: Strigidae
Subfamilia: Striginae
Genus: Megascops
Species: M. albogularis – M. asio – M. atricapilla – M. barbarus – M. centralis – M. choliba – M. clarkii – M. cooperi – M. gilesi – M. guatemalae – M. hoyi – M. ingens – M. kennicottii – M. koepckeae – M. marshalli – M. petersoni – M. roboratus – M. roraimae – M. sanctaecatarinae – M. seductus – M. trichopsis – M. watsonii

Disputed taxa: M. alagoensis – M. ater – M. stangiae – M. usta – [cf. Dantas et al. (2021)]

Name

Megascops Kaup, 1848

Typus: Strix asio Linnaeus, 1758 = Megascops asio

Synonyms

Macabra Bonaparte, 1854

References

Primary references

Kaup, J.J. 1848. Uebersicht der Eulen (Strigidae). Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung, von Oken 41: 753–774 BHL Reference page. col. 765,769

Additional references

Heidrich, P., König, C. & Wink, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the South American Otus atricapillus complex (Aves Strigidae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. 50c: 294–302. Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Wink, M. & Heidrich, P. 1999. Molecular evolution and systematics of owls (Strigiformes). In: König, C.; Weick, F. & Becking, J.H. (eds.) Owls: A guide to the owls of the world. pp.39–57. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0-300-07920-6 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Dantas S.M., Weckstein, J.D., Bates, J.M., Krabbe, N., Cadena, C.D., Robbins, M.B., Valderrama, E. & Aleixo A. 2016. Molecular systematics of the new world screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae): biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 94(Pt B):626-634. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.025Reference page.
Krabbe, N. 2017. A new species of Megascops (Strigidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls. Ornitología Colombiana 16: eA08:1–27. Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Salter, J.F., Oliveros, C.H., Hosner, P.A., Manthey, J.D., Robbins, M.B., Moyle, R.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae). The Auk. 137 (ukz070). DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 Reference page.
Dantas, S.M., Weckstein, J.D., Bates, J.M., Oliveira, J., Catanach, T.A. & Aleixo, A. 2021. Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla-M. watsonii) complex (Aves: Strigidae). Zootaxa 4949(3): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kreischeulen
English: Screech-owls
español: Autillos, lechuzas
suomi: Kirkupöllöset