Puerto Rican owl
| Puerto Rican owl | |
|---|---|
| Gymnasio nudipes over a Delonix regia tree | |
| Gymnasio nudipes newtoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Gymnasio Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Species: | G. nudipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnasio nudipes (Daudin, 1800) | |
| Subspecies | |
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G. n. nudipes | |
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.