Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Owls
Length: 8 in. (22 cm )
This small owl is confined to open woodland areas, riparian forest and occasionally saguaro cactus deserts. The nest is in a cavity of a tree, saguaro, telephone pole or occasionally in the eaves of a building. Activity is confined to the night time, and the daylight hours are spent in roosting cavities. Food varies from insects, frogs, small mammals and lizards to rarely fish.
The four-digit banding code is WESO.
Male |
Female |
Desert
Mesquite bosque
Oak-pine woodland
Riparian / River forest
Savanna
Urban city
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Bibliographic details:
- Article: Western Screech-Owl
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed: 29 May, 2025
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/western-screech-owl
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:38). Western Screech-Owl. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/western-screech-owl
American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Western Screech-Owl". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/western-screech-owl
For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Western Screech-Owl". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/western-screech-owl
Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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