Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis)

Query: Otus

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Subject:	Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis)

Whiskered Screech Owl-1-in log hole on snow tree.jpg

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Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis)

From: jamescook@pipeline.com (James Cook)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Request for Owl Pictures - owl-1.jpg
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:49:30 GMT

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From: bthomas@ix.netcom.com
File To Comment: animal5/Little_Owl-1-In_Log_Hole-Snow.jpg

This is not a Little Owl. Little Owls have a distinctive facial pattern and no ear tufts. This looks like a gray phase Screech Owl. I would guess from the heavy bars on the breast a Whiskered Screech Owl - Otus trichopsis.

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The whiskered screech owl (Megascops trichopsis syn. Otus trichopsis) is a small scops owl found in North and Central America.

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