Genus

Screech-Owls

Megascops

17 species in our catalog · found in 110 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Megascops choliba

Megascops roraimae

Megascops cooperi

Megascops watsonii

Megascops kennicottii

Megascops roboratus

Megascops clarkii

Megascops guatemalae

Megascops centralis

Megascops asio

Megascops atricapilla

Insufficient data

Megascops albogularis

Megascops ingens

Megascops trichopsis

Megascops marshalli

Megascops koepckeae

Megascops petersoni

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

10–20

Mar

10–20

Apr

10–20

May

10–20

Jun

10–20

Jul

10–20

Aug

10–20

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

10–20

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Screech-Owls

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1	50–60%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			50–60%
2	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	20–30%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			20–30%
3	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	2	20–30%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			20–30%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			<5%
4	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2	20–30%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			10–20%
5	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	2	20–30%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			0–10%
6	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2	10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
7	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	6	10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			<5%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			<5%
	Cloud-forest Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	White-throated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
8	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	2	10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
9	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
10	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	5	10–20%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			<5%
	Cinnamon Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
11	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	3	10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			<5%
12	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	10–20%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
13	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2	10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
14	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
15	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	10–20%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			10–20%
	Black-capped Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
16	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	10–20%
	Western Screech-Owl			10–20%
17	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	10–20%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
18	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1	10–20%
	Peruvian Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
19	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1	0–10%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			0–10%
20	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
21	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Black-capped Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
22	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
23	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	4	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			<5%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Cloud-forest Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
24	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	2	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl			<5%
25	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Black-capped Screech-Owl			<5%
26	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	3	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	White-throated Screech-Owl			<5%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
27	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	0–10%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			0–10%
28	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	0–10%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
29	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	0–10%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			0–10%
30	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	0–10%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			0–10%
31	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Black-capped Screech-Owl			<5%
32	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	2	0–10%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
33	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	0–10%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			0–10%
34	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	0–10%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			0–10%
35	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	3	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
36	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	4	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			<5%
	White-throated Screech-Owl			<5%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
37	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	0–10%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
38	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	0–10%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
39	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2	0–10%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
40	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	0–10%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
41	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2	0–10%
	White-throated Screech-Owl			0–10%
	Foothill Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
42	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	0–10%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
43	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			0–10%
44	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
45	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	2	0–10%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	White-throated Screech-Owl			<5%
46	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
47	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
48	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
49	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
50	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	3	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
	Whiskered Screech-Owl			<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
51	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	2	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
	Whiskered Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
52	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
53	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	2	<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
54	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	2	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
55	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
56	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
57	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Black-capped Screech-Owl			<5%
58	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
59	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
60	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			<5%
61	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
62	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
63	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	3	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
64	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
65	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
66	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
67	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
68	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	3	<5%
	Rufescent Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
	White-throated Screech-Owl			<5%
69	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
70	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
71	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
72	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
73	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
74	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
75	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
76	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			<5%
77	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
78	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Whiskered Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
79	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
80	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			<5%
81	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Whiskered Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
82	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	1	<5%
	Whiskered Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
83	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			<5%
84	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
85	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
86	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Chocó Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
87	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
88	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			<5%
	Bare-shanked Screech-Owl			<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
89	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
90	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Pacific Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
91	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1	<5%
	Koepcke's Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
92	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
93	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
94	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
95	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
96	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
97	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
98	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
99	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
100	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
101	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
102	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
103	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
104	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	1	<5%
	Tropical Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
105	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			<5%
106	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Vermiculated Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
107	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Eastern Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
108	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
109	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data
110	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Western Screech-Owl			Insufficient data

Screech-Owls

Species in this group

Tropical Screech-Owl

Foothill Screech-Owl

Pacific Screech-Owl

Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Peruvian Screech-Owl

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Vermiculated Screech-Owl

Chocó Screech-Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Black-capped Screech-Owl

White-throated Screech-Owl

Rufescent Screech-Owl

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Cloud-forest Screech-Owl

Koepcke's Screech-Owl

Cinnamon Screech-Owl

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Screech-Owls

Parks Ranked