ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE OWLS
Flammulated Screech Owls
The only other North American species, which is sometimes placed in a separate genus, is the Flammulated Screech Owl (M. flammeola), a resident of the elevated plateaus of Guatemala and central Mexico, whence it ranges northward to Colorado and northern California. It is a small species, only about six and a half inches long, and may be known by having the toes entirely naked to the extreme base, and by the rather small ear-tufts.
It is a rare bird in the United States, and but little is known of its habits beyond the fact that it nests in deserted Woodpeckers' holes and feeds largely on insects. A smaller and much lighter-colored form (M. f. idahoensis) has recently been described from the mountains of central Idaho.
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