Whiskered Screech-Owl
Megascops trichopsis
Owls
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 |
Male |
Oak-pine woodland
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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
- Date accessed: 28 July, 2025
- 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/
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Dr. Biology. "Whiskered Screech-Owl". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/whiskered-screech-owl
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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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