Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)

Other Scientific Names
Ciccaba virgata [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)], Ciccaba virgata [SACC (2005)], Ciccaba virgata [Stotz et al. (1996)], Ciccaba virgata [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Mottled Owl, American Wood-owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
30.50 - 34.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, lowland dry and moist shrubland, urban areas, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (90)...)

Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) [XC476120]
by Richard E. Webster from Pira\u00ed, Pira\u00ed, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call, song)

Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) [XC607781]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Bituima, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Western Colombian birds sometimes separated as subspecies minuscula.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

squamulata (Bonaparte, 1850) - Western Mexico (Sonora to Guerrero and Guanajuato to Morelos).
tamaulipensis Phillips, JC, 1911 - North-eastern Mexico (southern Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas).
centralis (Griscom, 1929) - Eastern and southern Mexico to western Panama.
virgata (Cassin, 1850) - Eastern Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad.
macconnelli (Chubb, C, 1916) - The Guianas.
superciliaris (Pelzeln, 1863) - North-central and north-eastern Brazil.
borelliana (Bertoni, AW, 1901) - South-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata) - 10 files

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