Immature Spotted Owl (Mexican), Strix occidentalis lucida, 44.45 cm. / 17.5 in. UNCOMMON to RARE and declining in the mountains of the SW United States to C Mexico.
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
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Spotted Owl (Mexican), Strix occidentalis lucida, 44.45 cm. / 17.5 in. UNCOMMON to RARE and declining in the mountains of the Southwest United Sates to Central Mexico.
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
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Madagascar Scops-Owl (Torotoroka), Otus rutilus madagascariensis, 22-24 cm. / 8.6-9.4 in. ENDEMIC owl of woodlands in Western Madagascar.
Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar.
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Northern Pygmy-Owl (Mountain), Glaucidium gnoma gnoma, 17.15 cm. / 6.75 in. UNCOMMON in broken forests of mixed oak and conifers with clearing and patches of brush or chaparral. Photographed in May 2008.
Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.
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Western Screech-Owl, Megascops kennicottii aikeni, 21.59 cm. / 8.5 in. UNCOMMON but widespread in open woods, riparian cottonwoods, open oak or juniper-pinyon woodlands.
Railroad Trail, Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA.
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