Black-capped screech owl

Weight

118.9 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The black-capped screech owl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderStrigiformes
5. familyStrigidae
6. genusMegascops
7. SpeciesMegascops atricapilla (Temminck, 1822)

Synonyms Megascops alagoensis, Megascops atricapilla atricapilla, Megasops atricapillus, Otus atricapilla, Otus atricapilla, Otus atricapillus, Otus atricapillus atricapillus, Otus atricapillus atricapillus, Strix atricapilla

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Eastern screech owl

Megascops asio

Strigidae

LC, Least Concern

Western screech owl

Megascops kennicottii

Strigidae

LC, Least Concern

Tropical screech owl

Megascops choliba

Strigidae

LC, Least Concern

Whiskered screech owl

Megascops trichopsis

Strigidae

LC, Least Concern

Bare-shanked screech owl

Megascops clarkii

Strigidae

LC, Least Concern

Pacific screech owl

Megascops cooperi

Strigidae

CompareBlack-capped screech owl vs Eastern screech owlBlack-capped screech owl vs Western screech owlBlack-capped screech owl vs Tropical screech owlBlack-capped screech owl vs Whiskered screech owl

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@misc{black_capped_screech_owl_2026,
  title = {Black-capped screech owl (Megascops atricapilla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-capped-screech-owl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}