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Megascops

Screech Owls

Julia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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taxon links [up-->]Megascops cooperi [up-->]Megascops flammeolus [up-->]Megascops choliba [up-->]Megascops trichopsis [up-->]Megascops kennicottii [up-->]Megascops asio Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Strigidae Interpreting the tree
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Topology based on the molecular analysis of Proudfoot et al. 2007. While Wink et al. 2009 is a more recent analysis, it included fewer species.
Containing group: Strigidae

Other Names for Megascops

References

Proudfoot, G. A., F. R. Gehlbach, and R. L. Honeycutt. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA variation and phylogenography of the eastern and western screech-owls. The Condor 109(3): 617-627.

Wink, M., A El-Sayed, H. Sauer-Gurth, and J. Gonzalez. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b and the nuclear RAG-1 gene. Ardea 97(4): 581-591.

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Scientific Name Megascops asio
Location Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Eastern Screech-Owl
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2007 Jim Scarff
Scientific Name Megascops kennicottii
Location Loyola Corners, California, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Western Screech Owl
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Ashok Khosla
Scientific Name Megascops choliba
Location Brazil
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Corujinha-do-mato - adulto
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Antonio CBC Lopes
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Julia Gulka at and David P. Mindell at

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Gulka, Julia and David P. Mindell. 2011. Megascops. Screech Owls. Version 31 July 2011 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Megascops/100895/2011.07.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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