Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Whiskered Screech-owl (Otus trichopsis) - HBW 5, p. 174
French: Petit-duc à moustaches
German: Fleckeneule
Spanish: Autillo Bigotudo
Other common names: Spotted Screech-owl, Whiskered Owl
Taxonomy: Scops trichopsis Wagler, 1832, Puebla, Mexico.
Relationships uncertain. Several additional races described: pinosus (Veracruz), ridgwayi (Michoacán) and guerrerensis (SW Mexico) included in nominate trichopsis; pumilus from Honduras in mesamericanus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aspersus (Brewster, 1888) - SE Arizona to N Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua).
- trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) - highlands of C Mexico (from about Durango S to Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas).
- mesamericanus van Rossem, 1932 - SE Mexico (Chiapas) to NC Nicaragua.
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Spotlighted in a tree near the lodge.
Locality Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 1 May 1985 1 year ago 3.5 -
Bird at night
Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 19 May 1985 31 weeks ago 3
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