Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata) - HBW 5, p. 205

French: Chouette à lignes noires German: Bindenhalskauz Spanish: Cárabo Blanquinegro

Taxonomy: Ciccaba nigrolineata P. L. Sclater, 1859, Oaxaca, Mexico.
This species, along with S. virgata, S. huhula, S. albitarsus and sometimes Afrotropical S. woodfordii, often placed in separate genus Ciccaba on basis of differences in external ear structure compared with Strix, but DNA studies show that generic separation not warranted. Forms superspecies with S. huhula. Sometimes considered conspecific with latter, but bigger, with significant differences in plumage and voice. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Mexico to NW Venezuela, W Colombia and W Ecuador and extreme NW Peru.