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.

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) [XC261652]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Corriente Grande, Salto del Bravo, R\u00edo Bravo, Ecuador (call, calls)

Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) [XC406002]
by Dan Lane from Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica (call)

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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