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Megascops guatemalae  (Sharpe, 1875)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 686673

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Otus guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875)
  
    Scops guatemalae Sharpe, 1875
  
  Common Name(s): Vermiculated Screech-Owl [English]
  
    Vermiculated Screech Owl [English]
  
    Middle American Screech Owl [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderStrigiformes  – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers  
                            FamilyStrigidae  – Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls  
                               SubfamilyStriginae   
                                  GenusMegascops Kaup, 1848  
                                     SpeciesMegascops guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875) – Vermiculated Screech-Owl, Vermiculated Screech Owl, Middle American Screech Owl  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesMegascops guatemalae cassini (Ridgway, 1878)  
                                        SubspeciesMegascops guatemalae dacrysistactus (R. T. Moore & J. L. Peters, 1939)  
                                        SubspeciesMegascops guatemalae fuscus (R. T. Moore & J. L. Peters, 1939)  
                                        SubspeciesMegascops guatemalae guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875)  
                                        SubspeciesMegascops guatemalae hastatus Ridgway, 1887  
       

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  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: Vermiculated 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 guatemalae   
       
  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 guatemalae   
       
  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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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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  Reference for: Megascops guatemalae, Vermiculated Screech-Owl [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  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 guatemalae, Vermiculated Screech Owl [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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