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Seeing owls of Guatemala with CAYAYA BIRDING:
Tytonidae (Barn Owls) and Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

One species of Tytonidae and 19 species of Strigidae have been recorded in Guatemala, of which 14 are covered in this photo collection.

Nomenclature according to König, C., Weick, F. & Becking, J.-H. (2008) Owls of the world, 2nd edition. C. Helm, London.

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Tytonidae (Barn Owls)

American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)

American Barn Owl

Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Flammuated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)

Flammuated Owl

Pacific Screech-Owl (Megascops cooperi)

Pacific Screech-Owl

Pacific Screech-Owl

Whiskered Screech-Owl (Megascops trichopsis)

gray morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

rufous morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

gray morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

rufous morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

pair of Whiskered Screech-Owl

Whiskered Screech-Owl

gray morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

gray morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

gray morph Whiskered Screech-Owl

Bearded Screech Owl (Megascops barbarus)

rufous morph Bearded Screech-Owl

gray morph Bearded Screech-Owl

rufous morph Bearded Screech-Owl

rufous morph Bearded Screech-Owl

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Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)

rufous morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

rufous morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

gray morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

brown morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

rufous morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

rufous morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

gray morph Guatemalan Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Great Horned Owl

Mexican Wood Owl (Strix squamulata),
northern form of the Mottled Owl complex (Strix virgata s.l.)

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

hunting Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

juvenile Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Mexican Wood Owl or Mottled Owl

Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)

Black-and-White Owl

Black-and-White Owl

Black-and-White Owl

Black-and-White Owl

Black-and-White Owl portrait

Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens)

Fulvous Owl

Fulvous Owl

Fulvous Owl

Fulvous Owl

Fulvous Owl

roosting Fulvous Owl

Fulvous Owl

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Guatemalan Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium cobanense),
southermost form of the Northen Pygmy Owl complex (Glaucidium gnoma s.l.)

Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

juvenile Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

juvenile Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

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Ridgway's Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium ridgwayi),
northern form of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl complex (Glaucidium brasilianum s.l.)

Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

brown morph Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

rufous morph Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

pair Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

calling Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

brown morph Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

brown morph Ridgway's Pygmy Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius ridgwayi)

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

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Stygian Owl (Asio stygius)

Stygian Owl

Stygian Owl

Stygian Owl

Stygian Owl

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Contributions by Knut Eisermann and Claudia Avendaño of CAYAYA BIRDING to the knowledge about owls in Guatemala

juvenile Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl

Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2018) An update on the inventory, distribution and residency status of bird species in Guatemala. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 138: 148-229.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2017) The owls of Guatemala. 447-515 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Neotropical owls: diversity and conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Eisermann, K., E. Matías & C. Avendaño (2017) Primer registro de anidación de Psiloscops flammeolus en Guatemala. Cotinga 39: 53-59.
Enríquez, P. L., K. Eisermann, H. Mikkola & J. C. Motta-Junior (2017) A review of the systematics of Neotropical owls (Strigiformes). 7-19 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Neotropical owls: diversity and conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2015) Los búhos de Guatemala. 381-434 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Los búhos neotropicales: diversidad y conservación. ECOSUR, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México.
Eisermann, K. (2013) Vocal field marks of Unspotted Saw-whet Owl and Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl. Neotropical Birding 13: 8-13.
Eisermann, K., C. Avendaño & P. Tanimoto (2013). Birds of the Cerro El Amay Important Bird Area, Quiché, Guatemala. Cotinga 35: 81-93.
Eisermann, K. & S. N. G. Howell (2011). Vocalizations of the Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium cobanense). Journal of Raptor Research 45: 304-314.
Howell, S. N. G. & K. Eisermann (2011) Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium cobanense is a good species. Neotropical Birding 9: 74-76.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2009) Guatemala. Pp. 235-242 In: C. Devenish, D. F. Diaz Fernández, R. P. Clay, I. Davidson & I. Y. Zabala (eds.) Important Bird Areas Americas, priority sites for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 16. Birdlife International, Quito, Ecuador.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2009) Conservation priority-setting in Guatemala through the identification of Important Bird Areas. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference, Tundra to Tropics: 315-327.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2007) Lista comentada de las aves de Guatemala - Annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2006) Diversidad de aves en Guatemala, con una lista bibliográfica. Pp. 525-623 In: E. Cano (ed.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala, Vol. 1. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.
Eisermann, K. & U. Schulz (2005) Birds of a high-altitude cloud forest in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Revista de Biología Tropical 53: 577-594.
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