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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Megascops trichopsis
Order
STRIGIFORMES
Family
Barn Owls, Typical Owls (Tytonidae & Strigidae)
Code 4
WHSO
Code 6
MEGTRI
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Hooked
Eye Color:
Lemon yellow in juveniles, becoming golden to orange with age, possibly darker in males. Color varies with light source.
Head pattern:
Crested or plumed, Streaked, Unique pattern
Crown Color:
Gray or red-brown with dark streaking.
Forehead Color:
Gray or red-brown with dark streaking. White with gray wash. facial disk with dark border.
Nape Color:
Gray or buff with dark streaking.
Throat Color:
Buff with rust-brown spotting.
Cere color:
Gray
SPONSORED ADVERTISEMENTS
BODY
Length Range:
17-20 cm (6.5-8 in)
Weight:
85 g (3 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Brown
Underparts:
White and buff with brown streaking and dark crossbars.
Upperparts:
Gray and brown mottling with narrow brown streaking and barring.
Back Pattern:
Mottled
Belly Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Slow light steady wing beats.
Wingspan Range:
44 cm (17.5 in)
Wing Shape:
Broad-Wings
Tail shape:
Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Barred
Upper Tail:
Gray-brown with narrow brown streaking and barring.
Under Tail:
White with brown streaking and barring.
Leg Color:
Feathered in pale brown.
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X