Species profile

Xingu Screech-Owl

Megascops stangiae

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Holotype: MPEG 70627 Skin. A male collected on 4 August 2010 at Serra dos Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará State, Brazil (05 º 46 ’ 12.5 ” S; 50 º 29 ’ 54.9 ” W), and deposited at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Paratypes: MZUSP 93276, unsexed, collected on 1 July 2010 at Porto de Moz, Pará, Brazil (2 ° 10 ’ 57,04 ” S; 52 ° 16 ’ 14,16 ” W); MZUSP 83558, female, 110 g, collected on 12 December 2008 at Porto de Moz; MPEG 53840, female, smooth ovary 3 x 1 mm, 125 g, collected on 21 August 1997 at the Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra, Pará (3 ° 05 ’ 43.96 ” S, 54 ° 55 ’ 48.12 ” W); MPEG 70684, male, testes 15 x 10 mm, 130 g, brown iris, collected on 14 September 2010 at Floresta Nacional do Tapajós; MPEG 70678, male, testes 15 x 10 mm, brown iris, 125 g, collected on 13 September 2010 at Floresta Nacional do Tapajós; MZUSP 64307, female, widest ovum 2 mm, 141 g, amber iris, collected on 26 September 1986 in the municipality of Altamira, Pará, Brazil (03 ° 39 ’ S, 52 ° 22 ’ W); MPEG 65676, male, testes 10 x 5 mm, 130 g, brown iris, collected on 24 July 2008 at Floresta Nacional do Crepori, Jacareacanga, Pará, Brazil (6 ° 34 ’ 45.67 ” S, 57 ° 9 ’ 4.91 ” W); and MPEG 70846, male, brown iris, collected on 9 March 2010 in the district of Miritituba, Itaituba, Pará, on the right (east) bank of the Tapajós River (4 ° 17 ’ 51.04 ” S; 55 ° 57 ’ 19.63 ” W).

Scientific name
Megascops stangiae
Family
Strigidae
Order
Strigiformes
Genus
Megascops

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