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The eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) or eastern screech-owl, is a small owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] This species resides in most types of woodland habitats across its range, and is relatively adaptable to urban and developed areas compared to other owls.
The primary call is an accelerating series of short whistles at an increasing tempo or a short then long trill falling slightly at end. Other calls: barking and chuckling, similar to the eastern screech owl. [6] They also make a high pitched screech. The two primary songs for the Western Screech Owl are the bounce and double trill.
Screech owls are typical owls belonging to the genus Megascops with 22 living species.For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged with the Old World scops owls in Otus, but nowadays it is again considered separately based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological, and DNA sequence data.
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Bearded screech owl: Megascops barbarus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) 211 Pacific screech owl: Megascops cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) 212 Western screech owl: Megascops kennicottii (Elliot, DG, 1867) 213 Eastern screech owl: Megascops asio (Linnaeus, 1758) 214 Balsas screech owl: Megascops seductus (Moore, RT, 1941) 215 Middle American screech owl
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The black-capped screech owl's primary song is "a long fast trill, very faint before increasing in volume, [and] ending abruptly". Its secondary song is short, with a "bouncing-ball rhythm". Both sexes sing in duet and the female's voice is higher pitched.
The nominate tawny-bellied screech owl's primary song is "a long series of rapid notes, becoming faster and louder, then fading with [a] low trill." That of M. w. usta is similar but slower. The nominate's secondary song is a "brief series of short 'wu' notes"; that of M. w. usta is "thought to be fast series of 'bu' notes, slowing to [a ...