Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Strigiformes > Strigidae > Megascops > Megascops atricapillaMegascops atricapilla (Black-capped Screech Owl)Synonyms: Otus atricapilla; Otus atricapillus; Otus atricapillus atricapillus; Strix atricapilla The black-capped screech owl (Megascops atricapilla), or variable screech owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.1788 EDGE Score: 1.97113 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 119 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 90 % | | Diet - Vertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 10 % | | | Nocturnal [2] | Yes | | Raptor Research Conservation Priority [3] | 64 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Araucaria moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Humid Chaco |
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Serra do Mar coastal forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Arroyo Blanco |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Bosque Mbaracayú |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro Guazú |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Estação Ecológica de Juréia-Itatins |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estancia Don Oscar |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Estancia Itabó |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ka'aguy Rory |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Limoy |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Maciço Florestal de Paranapiacaba |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Murici |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (entre Caraguatatuba e Picinguaba) |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Caazapá |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional de Itatiaia |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional do Iguaçu |
Brazil |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional San Rafael |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Refugio Carapá |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Itabó: Itaipú |
Paraguay |
A1, A3 |
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Santa Teresa |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Serra do Tinguá |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Serra dos Órgãos |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Serras das Lontras e do Javi |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sooretama / Linhares |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tapyta |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Ybyturuzú |
Paraguay |
A1, A2, A3 |
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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 ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3Buechley 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 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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