Pacific Screech-Owl

Exact your location: http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=2895&-Find

Definitely a screech-owl and my closest guess is Megascops cooperi, formerly also called Otus cooperi ans sometimes considered as part of the Otus asia group. My arguments are the typical range of northern Pacific lowlands and foothills and/or into the Cordillera de Guanacaste, the dustinctive "horns" (so it is probably not the Vermiculated Screech-Owl) and the not so distinctive black ring besides the head, which would be more Megascops choliba, the Tropical Sreech-Owl. For that the range would anyway be more the southern part of the Pacific slope. I am wondering, what other folks think about Megascops cooperi... http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Megascops&species=cooperi http://www.1-costaricalink.com/costa_rica_fauna/pacific_screech_owl.htm Probably the best match: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0-f9IiNA_BI/TqbSmGFPq_I/AAAAAAAAO7w/3X-SXwoUhXE/s1600/Pacific+Screech-Owl+110202+500D_CR_1511.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-frn5ysbpK4Q/TqbSihVrd8I/AAAAAAAAO7o/bL39dZTrgH4/s1600/Pacific+Screech-Owl+110202+500D_CR_1503.jpg http://nfcrbird.blogspot.ch/2011/10/pacific-screech-owl-otus-cooperi.html http://gallery.kunzweb.net/main.php?g2_itemId=14987 Megascops guatemalae for comparison: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/vermiculated-screech-owl-otus-vermiculatus/couple-birds-perched-cocoa-tree Note also the shorter ears.