Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Pacific Screech-owl (Otus cooperi) - HBW 5, p. 173
French: Petit-duc de Cooper
German: Mangroveeule
Spanish: Autillo de Manglar
Other common names: Oaxaca Screech-owl (lambi)
Taxonomy: Scops cooperi Ridgway, 1878, Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with O. kennicottii, O. seductus and O. asio. Often treated as race of O. asio or O. kennicottii, but appears to be vocally distinct from both. Race lambi proposed as full species, but latest studies indicate that subspecific treatment more appropriate; chiapensis poorly differentiated, possibly not tenable. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lambi R. T. Moore & Marshall, 1952 - S Mexico (Pacific slope of Oaxaca).
- chiapensis R. T. Moore, 1947 - SE Mexico (Chiapas).
- cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) - extreme SE Mexico (S Chiapas) to NW Costa Rica (Guanacaste).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult feeding on a prey and then preening Locality Nosara, Costa Rica (ssp cooperi)
Max Roth 31 January 2001 6 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Nosara, Costa Rica (ssp cooperi)
Max Roth 31 January 2001 6 years ago 47 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a low branch, calling, with another individual heard in the background Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp cooperi)
monicayhector 9 May 2009 2 years ago 2 min 15 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree calling several times. Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp cooperi)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 2 years ago 45 sec 3.4 -
Day roost at La Ensenada Lodge. Locality La Ensenada National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cooperi)
Tom Sykes 9 February 2009 2 years ago 24 sec 3.3
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Roosting in a tree during the day.
Locality Hacienda Solimar, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 12 February 2011 46 weeks ago 4.1 -
adult watching us from a branch
Locality Rincon de la Vieja, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Ferran Vaquero 2 September 2009 1 year ago 3.9 -
Found roosting at the La Ensenada Lodge.
Locality La Ensenada National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cooperi)
Tom Sykes 9 February 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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Three sequences of song of a bird.
Locality Loma Real Hotel, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp cooperi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 2 years ago 2
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