Owls

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Megascops trichopsis

Length: 7 in. (18 cm )

Active only at night, this small owl is a resident in pine-oak woodlands. It roosts during the daytime close to the trunk of a tree and looks like a broken stump. The nest is a cavity that is used year after year by the same pair. Food consists primarily of large insects and an occasional mouse.

The four-digit banding code is WHSO.

Female | Herbert Clarke

Male | Jim Burns

Oak-pine woodland

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Sex of Bird: Male

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Article: Whiskered 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: July 13, 2017
Date accessed: February 18, 2019
Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl

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Dr. Biology. (2017, July 13). Whiskered Screech-Owl. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved February 18, 2019 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl

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Dr. Biology. "Whiskered Screech-Owl". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 July, 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl

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