Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) - HBW 5, p. 206
French: Chouette à lunettes
German: Brillenkauz
Spanish: Lechuzón de Anteojos
Taxonomy: Strix perspicillata Latham, 1790, Cayenne.
Races chapmani, trinitatis and boliviana poorly differentiated, perhaps not valid. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- saturata Ridgway, 1914 - S Mexico (Veracruz and Oaxaca) to W Panama (Pacific Slope to Chiriquí).
- chapmani Griscom, 1932 - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica through E Panama to Colombia, W Ecuador and NW Peru.
- trinitatis Bangs & Penard, 1918 - Trinidad.
- saturata Ridgway, 1914 - S Mexico (Veracruz and Oaxaca) to W Panama (Pacific Slope to Chiriquí).
- chapmani Griscom, 1932 - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica through E Panama to Colombia, W Ecuador and NW Peru.
- trinitatis Bangs & Penard, 1918 - Trinidad.
- perspicillata (Latham, 1790) - Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and from E Colombia S to N Bolivia.
- boliviana L. Kelso, 1933 - S Bolivia and N Argentina.
- pulsatrix (Wied, 1820) - E Brazil (Bahia S to Rio Grande do Sul) and Paraguay, probably also NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird being harassed by a group of Purplish Jays. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp perspicillata)
Alex García · Videoaves 3 April 2010 3 years ago 49 sec 4.7 -
Roosting during day and calling softly. Locality Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Stann Creek District, Belize
Wayne Hall 18 February 2008 4 years ago 1 min 34 sec 4.5 -
This video of one individual in sub adult plumage giving call notes (begging for food?)was taken some 4 minutes drive from Selva Locality Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 17 July 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
A bird calling at dusk, but far away and barely audible, with a second bird answering. Locality Hotel Villa Lapas, Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp saturata)
Richard Garrigues 11 July 2012 42 weeks ago 21 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp chapmani)
Max Roth 9 August 2004 7 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp chapmani)
Max Roth 9 August 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 4
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adult
Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (ssp chapmani)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 14 November 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
A portrait
Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 2 years ago 4.5 -
a young rescued and released after treatment
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 1 year ago 4.3 -
A juvenile from a family with three fledglings
Locality Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp perspicillata)
erikat 9 June 2007 1 year ago 4.2 -
A portrait of the same bird
Locality La Selvotta Park, Formello, Lazio Region, Italy (ssp chapmani)
raniero massoli-novelli 23 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A Chick in a Ceibo Tree, on the long route "HIGUERON"
Locality Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador
Denis Mosquera 5 January 2013 17 weeks ago 3.9
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A pair after play-back. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp perspicillata)
Ciro Albano 22 May 2005 4 years ago 4 -
Two birds calling from roadside forest after dusk. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp perspicillata)
David Beadle 2 February 2002 11 weeks ago 0
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