NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Striginae
  Family - Strigidae
  Order - Strigiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Megascops asio
      Species - Megascops kennicottii
      Species - Megascops seductus
      Species - Megascops cooperi
      Species - Megascops trichopsis
      Species - Megascops choliba
      Species - Megascops roboratus
      Species - Megascops koepckeae
      Species - Megascops clarkii
      Species - Megascops barbarus
      Species - Megascops ingens
      Species - Megascops colombianus
      Species - Megascops petersoni
      Species - Megascops marshalli
      Species - Megascops watsonii
      Species - Megascops guatemalae
      Species - Megascops vermiculatus
      Species - Megascops hoyi
      Species - Megascops atricapilla
      Species - Megascops sanctaecatarinae
      Species - Megascops nudipes
      Species - Megascops albogularis
      Species - Megascops roraimae
      Species - Megascops napensis
      Species - Megascops centralis