Stygian Owl

Asio stygius - Hibou maître-bois

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Asio

  • Species
    :

    stygius

Descriptor

Wagler, 1832

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 46 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 632 à 675 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hibou maître-bois
adult

Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Asio stygius stygius (Colombia and Venezuela to e Bolivia and c and s Brazil)
  • Asio stygius lambi (nw Mexico)
  • Asio stygius robustus (e Mexico to Nicaragua)
  • Asio stygius siguapa (Cuba, Isle of Pines)
  • Asio stygius noctipetens (Hispaniola, Gonâve I.)
  • Asio stygius barberoi (Paraguay, n Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Hibou maître-bois,
  • Búho negruzco,
  • mocho-diabo,
  • Styxeule,
  • Styx fülesbagoly,
  • Grote Ransuil,
  • Gufo stigio,
  • mörk hornuggla,
  • Styksugle,
  • myšiarka tmavá,
  • kalous americký,
  • Flagermushornugle,
  • tummasarvipöllö,
  • mussol negrós,
  • uszatka ciemna,
  • Центральноамериканская ушастая сова,
  • ナンベイトラフズク,
  • 乌耳鸮,
  • 烏耳鴞,

Voice song and cries

Hibou maître-bois
adult

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 26-08-2009
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