Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii) [XC171531]
by Jo\u00e3o Ant\u00f4nio de B. Vitto from Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)
Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii) [XC173396]
by Romilson Silva Lopes Junior from Itapecerica, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Subspecies iheringi perhaps specifically distinct. Population of Cerro Neblina (southern Venezuela), known only from two specimens collected in 1985, has not been subspecifically determined.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
harrisii (Cassin, 1849) - Andes from north-western Venezuela south to north-central Peru.
iheringi (Sharpe, 1899) - Eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, central and eastern Brazil (Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul), south to north-eastern Argentina and north-eastern Uruguay.
dabbenei Olrog, 1979 - North-western Argentina (Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy). Also (possibly this race) western Bolivia.