Tawny-bellied Screech Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q1266827
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Summary

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Megascops[5]
  • Taxon name: Megascops watsonii[6]
  • Commons category: Megascops watsonii[7]
  • Short name: M. watsonii[8]
  • Taxon common name: Tawny-bellied Screech Owl[9], Watsonkreischeule[10], Autillo del Amazonas[11], xot de Watson[12], výreček Watsonův[13], selvapäll[14], Amazonugle[15], Tawny-bellied Screech-owl[16], Corujinha-orelhuda[17], Буробрюхая совка[18], チャバラオオコノハズク[19], Brunbuget Dværghornugle[20], amazonianpöllönen[21], Watson-füleskuvik[22]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[23], South America[24], Tabatinga[25]

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Identifiers

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 19775[26]. Tawny-bellied Screech Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1118744[27]. Tawny-bellied Screech Owl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 892368[28]. Tawny-bellied Screech Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2497332[29]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 686672[30] and 555396[31].

Why It Matters

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . museum.lsu.edu. Retrieved . museum.lsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 686672, 555396
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Taxon range → Brazil, South America, Tabatinga
    Parent taxon → Megascops
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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