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.

See all 6 subspecies

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).