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Whiskered Screech-Owl

Megascops trichopsis


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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.


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Bibliographic details:

  • 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: 13 Jul, 2017
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  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl

APA Style

Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:38). Whiskered Screech-Owl. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Chicago Manual of Style

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

MLA 2017 Style

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

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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