Eastern Screech-Owl

Megascops asio

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

EASO

Code 6

MEGASI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Pale to lemon yellow, darkening with age.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Crested or plumed, Streaked, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Red or gray with dark streaking.
Forehead Color: Red or gray with white eyebrows and "moustache". Partly mottled facial disk with dark rim.
Nape Color: Red or gray with dark streaking.
Throat Color: Dark-tipped feathers form a ring around throat.
Cere color: Gray

BODY

Length Range: 18-25 cm (7-10 in)
Weight: 167 g (5.9 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White with dark cross-hatching pattern.
Upperparts: Red or gray with dark streaking.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Mottled
Breast Pattern: Mottled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Silent wing beats., Bouyant flight.
Wingspan Range: 46-61 cm (18-24 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Red or gray with dark streaking.
Under Tail: White with barring.
Leg Color: Feathered in buff-gray.

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