Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata - Chouette à lunettes
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Strigidés
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Genus:
Pulsatrix
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Species:
perspicillata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 52 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 591 à 982 g
Geographic range
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,
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
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
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