Species profile
Megascops alagoensis
Megascops alagoensis
Quick answer
Holotype: MZUSP 79947. An unsexed individual, yellow iris, gray bill and feet, collected at Engenho Coimbra, Ibateguara, Alagoas State, Brazil (9 ºS, 35 º 31 ’ W) on 30 February 2003, and deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP). Paratypes: All collected at the same locality as the holotype. MZUSP 79948, a male collected on 17 May 2004, 101 g; MPEG 70437, male, collected on 7 June 2010, testes 6 x 6 mm, yellow eyes, greenish bill and feet, 105 g; MPEG 70438, male, collected on 10 June 2010, brown eyes, green bill, greyish-pink feet, 95 g.
- Scientific name
- Megascops alagoensis
- Family
- Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Genus
- Megascops
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