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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.

Subspecies:


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 655831
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
09/19/2025
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 654831
  Adult
Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
09/19/2025
Héctor Bernardo Fernández
Foto
Photography ID: 571253
  Squab
Herradura
Formosa
Argentina
11/16/2023
Max Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 221712
  Adult
Tres Marías
Formosa
Argentina
09/21/2017
Andres Espindola
Foto
Photography ID: 21867
  Adult
Tres Marías
Formosa
Argentina
04/14/2013
Esteban Argerich
Foto
Photography ID: 16528
  Adult
Tres Marías
Formosa
Argentina
09/22/2012
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 16106
  Adult
Tres Marías
Formosa
Argentina
09/22/2012
Héctor Bernardo Fernández



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Victor Hugo Michelini09/15/2018ArgentinaFormosaReserva El BagualIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237184119/09/2025ArgentinaFormosaPuerto Onza, Loma Monte Lindo PiranéHéctor Schreiber
236986219/09/2025ArgentinaFormosaPuerto Onza, PiranéHéctor Bernardo Fernández
211570019/07/2024ArgentinaFormosaReserva Guaycolec1Bc_pajareritos Agriornis
197594416/11/2023ArgentinaFormosaComplejo El Cortijo, HerraduraMax Uranga
186941313/08/2023ArgentinaFormosaFormosa, Pirané3Fabricio Candia
186941212/08/2023ArgentinaFormosaEl Paso Ghisla, Loma Monte Lindo, Pirané1Fabricio Candia
186939827/07/2023ArgentinaFormosaPN Río Pilcomayo--Área Recreativa Laguna Blanca, Pilcomayo1Fabricio Candia
180375027/07/2023ArgentinaFormosaParque Nacional Río PilcomayoSilvina Collado
180372227/07/2023ArgentinaFormosaParque Nacional Río PilcomayoJulian Uriel Collado
186941113/05/2023ArgentinaFormosaEl Paso Ghisla, Loma Monte Lindo, Pirané1Fabricio Candia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 02/04/2026.