Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota)

Other Names (World)
Band-bellied Owl, Rusty-barred Owl(!)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
35.50 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 600 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC348727]
by Jesus Juan from Plataforma, San Martin, Peru (song)

Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) [XC238938]
by Niels Krabbe from Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutuc\u00fa: Uuntsuants, Ecuador (duet)

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.
philoscia Todd, 1947 - West-central Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) - 10 files

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