Pacific Screech-Owl
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Pacific Screech-Owl

Megascops cooperi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Ostional Wildlife Refuge
18 Verified records at Ostional Wildlife Refuge
March Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The Pacific screech owl (Megascops cooperi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The Pacific screech owl has sometimes been treated as a race of western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii) or eastern screech owl (M. asio) but its vocalizations are distinct from theirs. Two subspecies are recognized, the nominate M. c. cooperi and M. c. lambi. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Screech-Owl sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
LC Endemic

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glaucidium brasilianum

10–20% · With luck
Spectacled Owl
LC

Spectacled Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Insufficient data
Mottled Owl
LC

Mottled Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix virgata

Insufficient data
American Barn Owl

American Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto furcata

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
2 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
3 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
4 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
6 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
7 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
<5%
8 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
12 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
13 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pacific Screech-Owl in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Screech-Owl sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Pacific Screech-Owl in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

March has the highest sighting rate for Pacific Screech-Owl in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.

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