Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
36 - 43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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 (14)...)

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) [XC354028]
by Arthur Gomes from Altos del Torre\u00f3n, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (call)

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) [XC755147]
by Simon Mills from Sinop, Mato Grosso, Estrada Clotilde, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies stricklandi may possibly be specifically distinct.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

stricklandi Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1859 - Southern Mexico to western Panama and western Colombia.
wedeli Griscom, 1932 - Eastern Panama to north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela; possibly also northern Venezuela (1 specimen from Aragua).
cristata (Daudin, 1800) - Southern Venezuela and the Guianas to northern Brazil (western Pará), south through Amazonia to northern Bolivia and northern Mato Grosso, then west to south-western Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) - 10 files

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