Mottled Owl

Strix virgata - Chouette mouchetée

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Strix
Species
:
virgata

Descriptor

Cassin, 1849

Biometrics

Size
: 38 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 175 à 320 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Strix virgata virgata (e Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad)
Strix virgata squamulata (w Mexico)
Strix virgata tamaulipensis (ne Mexico)
Strix virgata centralis (s Mexico to w Panama)
Strix virgata macconnelli (the Guianas)
Strix virgata superciliaris (nc and ne Brazil)
Strix virgata borelliana (s Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina)

Foreign names

Chouette mouchetée,
Cárabo café,
coruja-do-mato-neotropical,
Sprenkelkauz,
pettyegetett bagoly,
Bonte Bosuil,
Allocco maculato,
brunstrimmig uggla,
Demonugle,
sova čiarková,
puštík proměnlivý,
Spættet Natugle,
viirumetsäpöllö,
gamarús cafè,
puszczyk pstry,
Пятнистая циккаба,
ナンベイヒナフクロウ,
杂斑林鸮,
brunstrimmig uggla,
斑叫鴞,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas