Rusty-barred Owl
Strix hylophila

Rusty-barred Owl, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image São Paulo, Brazil

The Rusty-barred Owl is distributed in south-east Brazil and adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina. It is found in Atlantic Rain Forest and secondary growth. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It has a light brown facial disc surrounded with brown circles and with small white eye-brows. Below it is buff with brown barring.

It feeds at night in the canopy on small birds, mammals and insects.

Rusty-barred Owl, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image
Rusty-barred Owl, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image
Rusty-barred Owl, Campos do Jordao, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
Rusty-barred Owl, Campos do Jordao, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
Rusty-barred Owl, Campos do Jordao, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
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