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Megascops guatemalae  (Sharpe, 1875)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 686673

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Vermiculated Screech Owl [English]
  
    Vermiculated Screech-Owl [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderStrigiformes  -- chouettes, engoulevents, Goatsuckers, hiboux, Owls  
                FamilyStrigidae  -- Owls, strigidés, Typical Owls  
                   SubfamilyStriginae   
                      GenusMegascops Kaup, 1848  
                         SpeciesMegascops guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875) -- Vermiculated Screech Owl, Vermiculated Screech-Owl  
    Direct Children:  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae cassini (Ridgway, 1878)  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae dacrysistactus (R. T. Moore & J. L. Peters, 1939)  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae fuscus (R. T. Moore & J. L. Peters, 1939)  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae guatemalae (Sharpe, 1875)  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae hastatus Ridgway, 1887  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae thompsoni (Cole, 1906)  
                            Subspecies Megascops guatemalae tomlini (R. T. Moore, 1937)  
       

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  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Vermiculated Screech-Owl [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.08.07, website (version 07-Aug-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Megascops guatemalae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, Richard C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., et al.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 120, no. 3   
  Page(s): 923-931   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Megascops guatemalae, Vermiculated Screech-Owl   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Megascops guatemalae, Vermiculated Screech Owl   
       

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