Birds of Ecuador

    STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae (Owls)  
Genus: Strix (4 species, 22 worldwide)

Genus Strix are large stocky round-headed owls, around 35 to 40 cm., and include the well-known North American Barred Owl.


Rufous-banded Owl
Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis albitarsis)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium-sized owl, small for genus strix, found at over 2500 meters.
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Additional photo.

Black-banded Owl
Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
Manu National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-banded Owl
Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador
  At the San Isidro lodge on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes lives a family of owls different than any others. They have some characteristics of the Black-banded Owl found in the Amazon basin, and the Black-and-white Owl found in western Ecuador and elsewhere.
   
Photograph by Ken Poulton     Copyright and usage info


Black-and-white Owl
Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Mottled Owl
Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
Pouso Alegre Lodge, Poconé, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Mottled.
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