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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

Sound archive

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XC793992Recording 1 of 3call

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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

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

Keep exploring

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 →

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