kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Strigiformes >
family: Strigidae >
subfamily: Striginae >
genus: Megascops Kaup, 1848 >
South America
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Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-Passerines.
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Gill, Frank, & and Minturn Wright. (2006). Birds of the World: Recommended English Names.