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Pages in category "Owls of South America" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The latter is distinctive and may come into contact with either the South American horned owl (in Argentina/Bolivia) or B. v. nigrescens (in Peru), and is now commonly regarded as a valid species, the lesser horned owl. Early authorities suggested the South American great horned owl was a valid species with nigrescens and magellanicus as ...
The list includes birds confirmed in mainland South America, islands within 1200 km of its Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Caribbean countries and territories of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago. Major offshore entities include the Falkland Islands (Islas las Malvinas), the Galápagos Islands, and the Juan Fernandez Islands.
The great horned owl is the heaviest extant owl in Central and South America and is the second-heaviest owl in North America, after the closely related but very different-looking snowy owl. [7] [12] It is heavily built, with a barrel-shaped body, a large head, and broad wings. [12]
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]
Owls of South America (12 P) Pages in category "Birds of prey of South America" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Owls of North America (10 P) Owls of South America (12 P) Pages in category "Owls of the Americas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
For relevancy, birds of a higher or lower scale of presence (e.g. 1. pan-American or also found on other continents - 2. birds present at local regional level) are included in parent or sub-categories respectively (e.g. "birds of the Americas" or "birds of the Amazon Basin" etc.).