Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

Megascops watsonii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
0–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
2 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
10–20%
3 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
5 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
6 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
0–10%
7 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
0–10%
8 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
9 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
<5%
10 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
11 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
12 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
13 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 408 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

March has the highest sighting rate for Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.

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