| Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula (aka Strix huhula) |
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Cabanas San Isidro, Napo, Ecuador November 2019 The Black-banded Owl is distributed throughout much of the Amazon Basin and into the foothills of the Andes. There is a disjunct population with a distinctive sub-species C. h. albomarginata in the south-east of Brazil. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in humid forest and clearings but has also adapted to some secondary habitats. |
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| The owls seen at San Isidro are probably a sub-species of Black-banded Owl though in appearance they look a bit like a hybrid between Black-banded Owl and Black-and-white Owl C. nigrolineata. It is found at higher elevations (about 2,000 metres) than either of these species and its vocalizations are more reminiscent of Black-and-white Owl. | ||||
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