Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) - HBW 5, p. 204
French: Chouette mouchetée
German: Sprenkelkauz
Spanish: Cárabo Café
Other common names: American Wood-owl
Taxonomy: Syrnium virgatum Cassin, 1849, Bogotá.
This species, along with S. nigrolineata, 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. W Colombian birds sometimes separated as race minuscula. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- squamulata (Bonaparte, 1850) - W Mexico (Sonora to Guerrero and Guanajuato to Morelos).
- tamaulipensis Phillips, 1911 - NE Mexico (S Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas).
- centralis (Griscom, 1929) - E & S Mexico to W Panama.
- squamulata (Bonaparte, 1850) - W Mexico (Sonora to Guerrero and Guanajuato to Morelos).
- tamaulipensis Phillips, 1911 - NE Mexico (S Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas).
- centralis (Griscom, 1929) - E & S Mexico to W Panama.
- virgata (Cassin, 1849) - E Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad.
- macconnelli (Chubb, 1916) - the Guianas.
- superciliaris (Pelzeln, 1863) - NC & NE Brazil.
- borelliana (W. Bertoni, 1901) - SE Brazil, E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One owl perched during the night. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 31 March 2012 7 weeks ago 1 min 8 sec 4.5 -
a single individual singing after it eat a huge arthroopod at about 07.30PM Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 10 July 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Perched at night and flying away. Locality Hill Bank Field Station, Orange Walk District, Belize (ssp centralis)
Wayne Hall 13 February 2011 1 year ago 58 sec 4.2 -
A slow motion view of a bird on a branch Locality Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp centralis)
Rigdon Currie 31 January 2004 4 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
Three birds perched and a close-up of two of them. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp borelliana)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 33 weeks ago 26 sec 3.3 -
Two birds perched together. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 3.3
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a front view or the bird
Locality Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 29 April 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
In its daytime roost
Locality Tapijulápa, Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 2 April 2012 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
perched on a palm tree during the day
Locality Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 1 May 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
One of two individuals roosting during the day.
Locality Panama Province, Panama
Miriam Bauman 28 December 2007 1 year ago 3.3 -
A close-up.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 2 years ago 2.7
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A pair after play-back. Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil
(ssp borelliana)
Ciro Albano 30 November 2007 3 years ago 4
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