Foothill Screech-Owl

Foothill Screech-Owl

Megascops roraimae

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Henri Pittier National Park

Closest Relatives at Henri Pittier National Park

Tropical Screech-Owl
LC Endemic

Tropical Screech-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Megascops choliba

<5% · Rare
Burrowing Owl
LC Endemic

Burrowing Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Athene cunicularia

Insufficient data
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
LC Endemic

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glaucidium brasilianum

0–10% · With luck
Short-eared Owl
LC Endemic

Short-eared Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Asio flammeus

Insufficient data
Mottled Owl
LC

Mottled Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix virgata

<5% · Rare
Black-White Owl
LC

Black-White Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix nigrolineata

<5% · Rare
Striped Owl
LC

Striped Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pseudoscops clamator

<5% · Rare
American Barn Owl

American Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto furcata

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
20–30
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 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
20–30%
2 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
3 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
0–10%
4 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
5 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
6 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
7 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Foothill Screech-Owl in Henri Pittier National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Foothill Screech-Owl sighting in Henri Pittier National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Foothill Screech-Owl in Henri Pittier National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Foothill Screech-Owl in Henri Pittier National Park in our monthly data.

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