Western Screech-Owl

Megascops kennicottii

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

WESO

Code 6

MEGKEN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Lemon yellow.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Crested or plumed, Streaked, Spotted, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Gray with dark brown striping.
Forehead Color: Gray with dark brown striping. Palely mottled facial disk with dark border.
Nape Color: Gray with dark brown mottling.
Throat Color: Dark rim with central pale, mottled brown patch.
Cere color: Gray

BODY

Length Range: 18-25 cm (7-10 in)
Weight: 153 g (5.4 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: Pale gray with gray to brown streaking.
Upperparts: Gray with gray to brown streaking.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Silent wing beats., Bouyant flight.
Wingspan Range: 51 cm (20 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Brown overall with faint spotting.
Upper Tail: Gray with dark streaking and barring.
Under Tail: White with gray wash. with brown streaking and barring.
Leg Color: Feathered in buff-white.

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