Synonyms

• Otus guatemalae centralis (protonym)
• Otus vermiculatus centralis Hekstra, 1982
• Megascops vermiculatus centralis Hekstra, 1982
• Megascops gatemalae centralis Hekstra, 1982

Primary references

• Hekstra, G.P. 1982. Description of twenty-four new subspecies of American Otus (Aves, Strigidae). Universiteit van Amsterdam Bulletin Zoologisch Museum 9(7):49-63. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

References

• Dantas S.M., Weckstein, J.D., Bates, J.M., Krabbe, N., Cadena, C.D., Robbins, M.B., Valderrama, E. & Aleixo A. 2016. Molecular systematics of the new world screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae): biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 94(Pt B):626-634. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.025 Reference page. 

• Krabbe, N. 2017. A new species of Megascops (Strigidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls. Ornitología Colombiana 16: eA08:1–27. Full article (PDF)Reference page.