Spectacled owl

Spectacled owl
In the rainforest of Costa Rica
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Pulsatrix
Species:
P. perspicillata
Binomial name
Pulsatrix perspicillata
(Latham, 1790)
The distribution of spectacled owl

The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) 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.[1] There are six subspecies.[3] One is occasionally treated as a separate species called the short-browed or brown-spectacled owl[4] but the consensus is that it is still merely a race until more detailed analysis can be done.[5]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Pulsatrix perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22689180A130161018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22689180A130161018.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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  5. ^ "Elevate the subspecies pulsatrix of the Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) to species". South American Classification Committee; Louisiana State University. Retrieved 2014-11-11.