Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | xot de Puerto Rico |
Czech | výreček antilský |
Dutch | Puertoricaanse Schreeuwuil |
English | Puerto Rican Owl |
English (United States) | Puerto Rican Owl |
French | Petit-duc de Porto Rico |
French (France) | Petit-duc de Porto Rico |
German | Nacktfuß-Kreischeule |
Japanese | プエルトリコオオコノハズク |
Norwegian | puertoricougle |
Polish | syczoń portorykański |
Russian | Пуэрториканская совка |
Serbian | Portorikanski američki ćuk |
Slovak | výrček portorický |
Spanish | Autillo Puertorriqueño |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Mucarito |
Spanish (Spain) | Autillo puertorriqueño |
Swedish | puertoricoskrikuv |
Turkish | Portoriko Puhucuğu |
Ukrainian | Сплюшка пуерто-риканська |
Puerto Rican Screech-Owl Megascops nudipes
Version: 1.0 — Published January 24, 2014
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Two subspecies recognized:
nudipes, described as Strix nudipes (Daudin 1800); type locality Puerto Rico
Occurs throughout Puerto Rico.
See Detailed Description.
newtoni, described as Gymnoglaux Newtoni (Lawrence 1860); type locality St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Similar to nominate nudipes, but "color of upper parts lighter and more grayish brown and under parts more sparsely and less heavily streaked and vermiculated" (Ridgway 1914). This taxon may not be valid, "as the name was assigned based on only slight plumage color differences" (Moreno 1998).
Formerly occurred in the Virgin Islands (Ridgway 1914, Raffaele 1989); probably now extinct (Moreno 1998; see Distribution). One record from Vieques, where probably now extinct. Possibly also occurs on Culebra (Raffaele 1989).
Subspecies
Related Species
Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Megascops remain poorly known. The few studies published to date include only a small number of species of Megascops, and have not included nudipes (e.g. Wink et al. 2008). König and Weick (2008) consider the territorial song (A-song) of Megascops guatemalae (Vermiculated Screech-Owl) to be similar to that of nudipes, but it is not clear if they mean to imply a phylogenetic relationship between these two species.