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Species
Least ConcernSpectacled Owl
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderStrigiformes
- FamilyStrigidae
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Pulsatrix perspicillata
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- Pulsatrix perspicillata
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- Pulsatrix perspicillata
- taxon common name
- murucututu-de-garganta-preta
- taxon range
- Belém
- short name
- P. perspicillata
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Encyclopedic overview
The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) also called a Murucututu, is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina. There are six subspecies. One is occasionally treated as a separate species called the short-browed or brown-spectacled owl but the consensus is that it is still merely a race until more detailed analysis can be done.
Distribution and habitat
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spectacled Owl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.