Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) - HBW 5, p. 207
French: Chouette à collier
German: Bindenkauz
Spanish: Lechuzón Acollarado Grande
Other common names: Rusty-barred Owl(!)
Taxonomy: Noctua melanota Tschudi, 1844, Peru.
Possibly forms superspecies with P. koeniswaldiana. Sometimes considered to include latter as race, but morphology and vocalizations differ. Validity of race philoscia uncertain. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanota (Tschudi, 1844) - possibly SE Colombia; E Ecuador, and N Peru to SE Peru.
- philoscia Todd, 1947 - WC Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perched in a tree and another calling in the background Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp melanota)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 12 March 2003 9 years ago 11 sec 3.1 -
A bird perched in a tree, at night Locality Guagua Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp melanota)
Richard Garrigues 6 November 2005 6 years ago 4 sec 3.1
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A front view of a bird in a tree.
Locality Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp melanota)
Nick Athanas 28 August 2005 4 years ago 4.3 -
Adult calling
Locality Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Dubi Shapiro 5 November 2012 4 weeks ago 4.3 -
An individual perched in a tree (at night).
Locality Serranía Bellavista, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp philoscia)
Joe Tobias 26 March 2005 25 weeks ago 3.8
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Song from a pair, one bird singing at a higher pitch. Locality Loreto Road, Napo Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 24 August 2001 3 years ago 4
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