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Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba
(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
Alilicucú Común
Corujinha-do-mato
Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Puerto Iguazú

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Otus choliba, Strix choliba.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 428309
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/01/2020
Gabriel Acevedo
Foto
Photography ID: 286735
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
07/24/2018
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 272577
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
06/16/2018
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 80331
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/06/2015
Jose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
Foto
Photography ID: 5602
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/20/2011
Rosana Ursino



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236725812/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesCamino que circunvala la selva Yriapu, Puerto IguazúAdrian Braidotti
167330811/11/2022ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto IguazúDiego Oscar
148931925/10/2021ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Facundo Quintela
134632101/04/2020ArgentinaMisionesGüirá Oga y Barrio Orquídeas, Puerto IguazúGabriel Acevedo
95005515/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesCostanera (zona del Hotel Panoramic), Puerto Iguazú1Pablo Capovilla
82691325/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesLas 2000 ha barrio, Puerto Iguazú1Pablo Capovilla
81366830/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesLas 2000 ha barrio, Puerto IguazúPablo Capovilla
80621724/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesHotel Orquídeas, Puerto IguazúEduardo Nadal
77290016/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesComplejo Americano, Puerto IguazúDolores Fernandez
105985228/02/2018ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú2Julian Quillen Vidoz
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.