Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata - Chouette à lunettes

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Pulsatrix
Species
:
perspicillata

Descriptor

Latham, 1790

Biometrics

Size
: 52 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 591 à 982 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Pulsatrix perspicillata perspicillata (e Colombia through the Guianas, Amazonia)
Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata (s Mexico to w Panama)
Pulsatrix perspicillata chapmani (e Costa Rica to nw Peru)
Pulsatrix perspicillata trinitatis (Trinidad)
Pulsatrix perspicillata boliviana (s Bolivia, n Argentina)
Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix (Paraguay, e Brazil, ne Argentina)

Foreign names

Chouette à lunettes,
Lechuzón de anteojos,
murucututu-de-garganta-preta,
Brillenkauz,
pápaszemes bagoly,
Briluil,
Gufo dagli occhiali,
glasögonuggla,
Brilleugle,
sova okuliarnatá,
puštík brýlatý,
Brilleugle,
kultapöllö,
gamarús d'ulleres,
puchaczyk żółtobrzuchy,
Очковая неотропическая сова,
メガネフクロウ,
眼镜鸮,
眼鏡鴞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest