Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Megascops clarkii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Irazú Volcano National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
0–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
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 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
2 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
3 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
4 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
5 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
6 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
7 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
8 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
9 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
10 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Irazú Volcano National Park?

About 7% of visitor-days record a Bare-shanked Screech-Owl sighting in Irazú Volcano National Park, based on 40 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Irazú Volcano National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Bare-shanked Screech-Owl in Irazú Volcano National Park in our monthly data.

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