Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusMegascops (Screech-Owls)
- SpeciesMegascops choliba (Tropical Screech-Owl)
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Black Banded Owl
Strix huhula
Mottled Owl
Strix virgata
Striped Owl
Pseudoscops clamator
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Tropical Screech-Owl at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
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