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Megascops kennicottii (Western Screech-Owl; Western Screech Owl; Tecolote occidental)

Synonyms: Otus kennicotti; Otus kennicotti kennicotti; Otus kennicottii; Scops kennicottii

Wikipedia Abstract

The Western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii) is a small owl native to North and Central America, closely related to the European scops owl and the North American eastern screech owl. The scientific name commemorates the American naturalist Robert Kennicott.
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Infraspecies

Megascops kennicottii aikeni (Arizona screech owl) (Attributes)
Megascops kennicottii bendirei (MacFarlane's screech owl)
Megascops kennicottii cardonensis (Bancroft's screech owl)
Megascops kennicottii kennicottii
Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei (Western Screech-Owl) (Attributes)
Megascops kennicottii suttoni (Western screech owl) (Attributes)
Megascops kennicottii vinaceus (Vinaceous screech owl) (Attributes)
Megascops kennicottii xantusi (Xantus's screech owl)
Megascops kennicottii yumanensis (Western screech owl)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.52999
EDGE Score: 2.14359
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  180 grams
Birth Weight [3]  14 grams
Female Weight [1]  194 grams
Male Weight [1]  167 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  16.2 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate western forests, Desert scrub
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate western forests, Desert scrub
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  10 %
Forages - Understory [4]  50 %
Forages - Ground [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  28 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  300,000
Incubation [3]  30 days
Maximum Longevity [3]  19 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [6]  98
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)
Wing Span [7]  24 inches (.6 m)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 7Wing Loading in 15 Species of North American Owls, Duncan, James R.; Johnson, David H.; Nicholls, Thomas H., eds. Biology and conservation of owls of the Northern Hemisphere: 2nd International symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-190. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 553-561 (1997)
♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0