Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Buff-fronted Owl (Aegolius harrisii) - HBW 5, p. 229
French: Nyctale de Harris
German: Blaßstirnkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo Canela
Taxonomy: Nyctale Harrisii Cassin, 1849, South America.
Race iheringi perhaps specifically distinct. Population of Cerro Neblina (S Venezuela), known only from two specimens collected in 1985, has not been subspecifically determined. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- harrisii (Cassin, 1849) - Andes from NW Venezuela S to NC Peru.
- iheringi (Sharpe, 1899) - E Bolivia, Paraguay, C & E Brazil (Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul), S to NE Argentina and NE Uruguay.
- dabbenei Olrog, 1979 - NW Argentina (Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy); also (possibly this race) W Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A front view of a bird perched by night, in an Araucaria forest Locality Mandirituba, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp iheringi)
Cassiano Fadel Ribas 4 September 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.4
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mistnetted bird in hand
Locality Cerros de Amotape National Park, Peru (ssp harrisii)
Jacob R Saucier 20 July 2009 2 years ago 4
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One bird. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp iheringi)
Ciro Albano 9 February 2007 3 years ago 4
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