Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC238941]
by Niels Krabbe from Napo: 13 km SE San Rafael, Ecuador (call, trembling call)
Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC238943]
by Niels Krabbe from Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador (call, song, female call, male 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.