Megascops asio
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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STRIGIFORMES
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Family:
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STRIGIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Megascops asio
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Species Authority:
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonym/s:
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Otus asio (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | EASTERN SCREECH-OWL |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,900,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 770,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified; there is evidence of population fluctuations (del Hoyo et al. 1999), but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 4,900,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 770,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified; there is evidence of population fluctuations (del Hoyo et al. 1999), but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Canada; Mexico; United States
Vagrant:
Bermuda
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Habitat and Ecology
