Tropical Screech-Owl

Megascops choliba

The tropical screech owl is a small species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and every mainland South American country. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 54,501 times across 20 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 27°C (typically 22 to 30°C, from 5 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in South America ranged from 22°S in November to 1°N in September, about 2,600 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.