Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC544082]
by Peter de Rouw from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (song)
Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC251443]
by Niels Krabbe from Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Tawny-browed Owl (Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana) and sometimes considered to include Tawny-browed Owl (Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana) as a subspecies, but morphology and vocalizations differ. Validity of subspecies philoscia uncertain.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
melanota (Tschudi, 1844) - Possibly south-eastern Colombia; eastern Ecuador, and northern Peru to south-eastern Peru.