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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Megascops vermiculatus
Order
STRIGIFORMES
Family
Barn Owls, Typical Owls (Tytonidae & Strigidae)
Code 4
VESO
Code 6
MEGGUA
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Hooked
Eye Color:
Yellow
Head pattern:
Plain, Unique pattern
Crown Color:
Rufous morph has a rusty orange crown with dark spotting. Brown morph has a light grayish brown crown with dark spotting.
Forehead Color:
Facial disk in rufous morph is the same rusty orange as the crown with a indistinct thin dark border. Forehead is also the same color. Facial disk in brown morph is a somewhat lighter brown with a darker brown border. Forehead is the same color as the crown.
Nape Color:
Rufous morph is rusty orange brown morph is gray-brown.
Throat Color:
Rufous or grayish brown.
Cere color:
Gray
SPONSORED ADVERTISEMENTS
BODY
Length Range:
20-23 cm (7.9-9 in)
Weight:
91-128 g (3.2-4.5 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Brown, Rufous or Rust, Buff
Underparts:
Cream with streaking and mottling.
Upperparts:
Rufous with little patterning or grayish brown with heavy mottling.
Back Pattern:
Barred or banded, Mottled
Belly Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Mothlike flight.
Wingspan Range:
36-41 cm (14-16 in)
Wing Shape:
Broad-Wings
Tail shape:
Rounded Tail, Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Cream barring against brown or rufous overall color.
Upper Tail:
Cream barring against brown or rufous overall color.
Under Tail:
Cream barring against brown or rufous overall color.
Leg Color:
Covered in cream feathers.
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Parts of a Standing bird
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Head Feathers and Markings
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Parts of a Flying bird
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