Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Colombian Screech-owl (Otus colombianus) - HBW 5, p. 179
French: Petit-duc de Colombie
German: Kolumbieneule
Spanish: Autillo Colombiano
Taxonomy: Otus colombianus Traylor, 1952, El Tambo, 5000 feet [c. 1700 m], Cauca, Colombia.
Often treated as race of O. ingens. Sometimes O. petersoni treated as race of present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: W slope of Andes from WC Colombia to NW Ecuador.
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A bird on a branch and at the nest, at night, with Andean Cock-of-the-rock lek sounds in background Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Alexander Grimwade 15 August 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 3.4
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Bird perched.
Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
José Ardaiz 9 July 2009 1 year ago 4.2
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song of an adult Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 6 January 2010 2 years ago 4
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