Tropical Screech Owl

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pantanal • August 2011

Bird name: Tropical Screech Owl
Latin: Megascops choliba
Other: Currucutú común (Es) • Corujinha-do-mato (Br)
Family: Strigidae • Owls
Range: South America
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This Tropical Screech Owl flew across a path at Rio Clarinho Lodge in the Pantanal, alighting on the other side so we could observe him in clear daylight from just a couple of metres away. Unusual to get such a good daylight view, so we may well have flushed him.

A pair also seen in a tree at Regua (further below).


Above, a Tropical Screech Owl at Rio Clarinho Lodge, Pantanal, Brazil. August 2011.

Below, a pair of Tropical Screech Owls at Regua, Brazil. September 2011.


Other Spanish names: alilicucu común, surrucucucu, lechucita neotropical, currucuye