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PRB-0222Strigiformes

Puerto Rican Owl

Múcaro Común

Gymnasio nudipes

Puerto Rico endemicIUCN LC · Least Concern

The Puerto Rican owl (Gymnasio nudipes) or múcaro común (Spanish via Taino), formerly known as the Puerto Rican screech owl, is a mid-sized "typical owl" in subfamily Striginae. It is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico though it formerly also inhabited the Virgin Islands.

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FamilyStrigidaeOwls

Puerto Rico occurrencePuerto Rico endemicAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatForest; woodland; karst; plantations and shade coffeeForest; woodland; karst; plantations and shade coffee

Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore

Average mass132.13333333333333 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementSedentary / residentInsessorial

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Sound recorded by Barry Edmonston · XC793992 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Puerto Rican Owl

This atlas includes Puerto Rican Owl (Gymnasio nudipes) with atlas status “Puerto Rico endemic” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Forest; woodland; karst; plantations and shade coffee.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN: LC
Puerto Rico DNER: No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA: No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: Forest; woodland; karst; plantations and shade coffee
Elevation: 0–900 m
Nest: Burrow / ground cavity; Crevice; Tree cavity · Ground; Tree
Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Social behavior: Solitary

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This bird belongs to 9 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Puerto Rican originalsLiving Endemic Birds19 birds →Found nowhere elsePuerto Rico's Endemic Birds27 birds →Birds by habitatForest Birds159 birds →Birds by habitatTown & Garden Birds39 birds →ConservationLeast Concern Birds328 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoBreeding Birds55 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoResident Birds47 birds →Bird familyOwls (Strigidae)4 birds →

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01Learn by listeningSound Matching: Coquí vs. Night BirdsOpen guide ↗02Field comparisonBarn Owl vs. Puerto Rican Owl: how to tell them apartOpen guide ↗03Fieldcraft guideBirdsong Playback When to Avoid It and WhyOpen guide ↗04SoundsHow to describe a bird sound in words for your notesOpen guide ↗05SoundsHow to read a spectrogram for Puerto Rico birdsOpen guide ↗

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Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Wikipedia en Español↗Media source · inaturalist.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗Source record 4↗Source record 5↗

Research note: Current Clements genus Gymnasio; older sources use Megascops