Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Balsas Screech-owl (Otus seductus) - HBW 5, p. 173
French: Petit-duc du Balsas
German: Balsaskreischeule
Spanish: Autillo del Balsas
Taxonomy: Otus vinaceus seductus R. T. Moore, 1941, Michoacan, Mexico.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with O. kennicottii, O. cooperi and O. asio. Often treated as race of O. asio or O. kennicottii, but differs in eye colour and vocalizations. Birds from Colima sometimes separated as race colimensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Mexico, from S Jalisco and Colima to W Guerrero.
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A silent bird Locality Microondas La Cumbre, Colima, Colima State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
monicayhector 8 February 2006 2 years ago 57 sec 3.8 -
Bird in torchlight Locality Colima, Colima State, Mexico (Northern)
Kim Tarsey 15 February 2005 37 weeks ago 31 sec 3.5
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A bird on a branch in tropical dry forest
Locality Microondas La Cumbre, Colima, Colima State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
monicayhector 8 February 2006 2 years ago 3 -
A bird on a branch in tropical dry forest
Locality Microondas La Cumbre, Colima, Colima State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
monicayhector 8 February 2006 2 years ago 2.5
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