Owls

Rufescent Screech Owl

Megascops ingens

The Rufescent Screech Owl (Megascops ingens) is a 165 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

165 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Refugio Paz de las Aves (Angel Paz) (Ecuador); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist