Megascops choliba
            
               (L 21-23" Wt 3.4-5.6 oz)
          
         
         
            
               Common and throughout most
               of South America extending
               into Central America.
          
         
            
               Megascops in Greek is a large
               owl;
choliba is Aragonese
               (Spanish) for
the Tropical
               Screech Owl 
          
         
            
               At 30,000 years old, the small owl
               petroglyph depicted at Chauvet, France
               is the oldest known depiction of a bird.
            
               (Thor Hanson, Feathers,)
          
         
            
               © Juan 
Pablo
               Culasso
               Macaulay
            
               
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