1.  screech owl(n = noun.animal) - any owl that has a screeching cry;
is a kind of bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl

2.  screech owl(n = noun.animal) otus asio - small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle;
is a kind of bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl
is a member of genus otus, otus

N  ululation, cry, crying, bowwow, ululation, latration, belling, reboation, wood-note, insect cry, fritiniancy, drone, screech owl, cuckoo, wailing (lamentation), crying, blatant, latrant, remugient, mugient, deep-mouthed, full-mouthed, rebellowing, reboant, in full cry, (iii) MUSICAL SOUNDS.

barn owl, barred owl, great gray owl, great grey owl, great horned owl, hawk owl, hoot owl, horned owl, laughing owl, little owl, long-eared owl, night owl, old world scops owl, oriental scops owl, owl, scops owl, screech, sea owl, spotted owl, tawny owl