Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula)

Other Scientific Names
Ciccaba huhula [BirdLife International (2004)], Ciccaba huhula [SACC (2005)], Ciccaba huhula [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, swamp forest, heavily degraded former forest, plantations. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, 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 unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula) [XC666447]
by Odirlei Vieira da Fonseca from Reserva Biol\u00f3gica do Tingu\u00e1, Nova Igua\u00e7u, RJ, Brazil (song)

Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula) [XC257036]
by John V. Moore from San Mart\u00edn: Upaquihua, ca. 27 km S of Tarapoto, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata), and sometimes treated as conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

huhula (Daudin, 1800) - Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and the Guianas to north-eastern Brazil, south to eastern Peru, north-western Argentina, northern Paraguay and eastern Brazil.
albomarginata (von Spix, 1824) - South-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula) - 10 files

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