Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata)

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

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
35 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest, mangroves, inland wetlands, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Central Mexico to north-western Venezuela, western Colombia and western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata) [XC791543]
by Alex Lin-Moore from San Ram\u00f3n, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (call)

Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata) [XC577128]
by Jorge L. Pe\u00f1a from Vergara, Nimaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula), and sometimes considered conspecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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