Chocó Screech-Owl
Megascops centralis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusMegascops (Screech-Owls)
- SpeciesMegascops centralis (Chocó Screech-Owl)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba
Black-White Owl
Strix nigrolineata
Mottled Owl
Strix virgata
Crested Owl
Lophostrix cristata
Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Striped Owl
Pseudoscops clamator
Central American Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium griseiceps
American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chocó Screech-Owl in Soberanía National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Chocó Screech-Owl sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 630 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chocó Screech-Owl in Soberanía National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Chocó Screech-Owl in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.