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Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba
(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
Alilicucú Común
Corujinha-do-mato
Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Otus choliba, Strix choliba.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 649403
  Adult
La Merced
Catamarca
Argentina
05/11/2024
Marcelo Zanotti
Foto
Photography ID: 644657
 Avellaneda
Santa Fe
Argentina
10/02/2024
Mauro Desch
Foto
Photography ID: 638484
 Calamuchita
Córdoba
Argentina
02/25/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 627618
  Adult
Corrientes
Corrientes
Argentina
12/09/2024
Esteban Geronimo Javier Luque
Foto
Photography ID: 627070
♂ ♀  Adult
25 de Mayo
Misiones
Argentina
09/29/2024
Tiago Nahuel Krüger
Foto
Photography ID: 622308
♂ ♀  Adult
Villa Ciudad Parque
Córdoba
Argentina
07/14/2024
Franco Montaño Herrero
Foto
Photography ID: 622192
  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/22/2024
Braian David Bayonés
Foto
Photography ID: 621062
  Juvenile
Río Colorado
Río Negro
Argentina
12/30/2024
Claudio Javier Spiga
Foto
Photography ID: 616525
  Adult
Capital
Salta
Argentina
11/24/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 616524
  Adult
Capital
Salta
Argentina
11/24/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 616001
 Henderson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/25/2024
Juan Manuel Canepa



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Elsa Longo11/13/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida12/20/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Pablo Bruni05/11/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosCamping Tunas, San Jaime de la FronteraN/AN/AYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria04/23/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresGarínN/AN/AYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
224375530/12/2024ArgentinaRío NegroRío ColoradoClaudio Javier Spiga
221484325/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCerca de Herrera Vegas, HendersonJuan Manuel Canepa
221455924/12/2024UruguayRochaBalneario La Paloma., RochaDiego Varales
221409822/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEl Chajá, Exaltación de la Cruz1Gabriel Carbajales
222810720/12/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarGuillermo Marcaida
221953717/12/2024ParaguaySan PedroEstero Jetyty zona Colonia 21Dominic Oviedo Löwen
227834914/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresArroyo negro, Hudson2Pablo Richter
220818514/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa Boyera Nicolas Olejnik
220844513/12/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarFaustino Hollmann
226493709/12/2024ArgentinaCorrientesReserva natural laguna brava, CorrientesEsteban Geronimo Javier Luque
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 26/03/2026.