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
Library