Pulsatrix

Spectacled owls
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Pulsatrix
Kaup, 1848
Type species
Strix torquata[1]
Daudin, 1800

Pulsatrix is a genus of owl in the family Strigidae. They are called spectacled owls because of their prominent facial pattern. The genus contains the following species:

Genus Pulsatrix – Kaup, 1848 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Spectacled owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata
(Latham, 1790)

Six subspecies
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata boliviana (Kelso, 1933)
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata chapmani (Griscom, 1932)
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata perspicillata (Latham, 1790)
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata (Ridgway, 1914)
  • Pulsatrix perspicillata trinitatis (Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1918)
Mexico, Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), Trinidad and Tobago, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina).
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Diet: 		 LC 


Tawny-browed owl

Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
(Bertoni, MS & Bertoni, AW, 1901) 		Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Band-bellied owl

Pulsatrix melanota
(Tschudi, 1844)

Two subspecies
  • P. m. melanota
  • P. m. philoscia
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 



Pulsatrix arredondoi is a fossil species from the Late Pleistocene of Cueva de Paredones, Cuba.

References

  1. ^ "Strigidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.


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