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Megascops seductus (R. T. Moore, 1941)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 686660

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Otus seductus R. T. Moore, 1941
		Otus vinaceus seductus R. T. Moore, 1941
	Common Name(s):	Balsas Screech-Owl [English]
		Balsas Screech Owl [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Strigiformes – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers
	Family	Strigidae – Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls
	Subfamily	Striginae
	Genus	Megascops Kaup, 1848
	Species	Megascops seductus (R. T. Moore, 1941) – Balsas Screech-Owl, Balsas Screech Owl

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/
	Reference for:	Balsas Screech-Owl[English]

	Source:	IOC World Bird List (v 8.1), website (version 8.1), website (version 8.1)
	Acquired:	2018
	Notes:	Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.8.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 22 January, 2018]
	Reference for:	Megascops seductus

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2017.06.15, website (version 15-Jun-17)
	Acquired:	2017
	Notes:	"Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Megascops seductus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, Richard C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., et al.
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:	Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Auk, vol. 120, no. 3
	Page(s):	923-931
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	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0004-8038
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	Reference for:	Megascops seductus, Balsas Screech-Owl [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright
	Publication Date:	2006
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
	Page(s):	ix + 259
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-12827-8
	Notes:	Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset
	Reference for:	Megascops seductus, Balsas Screech Owl [English]

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	Middle America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Mexico, Native

Comments


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