Striped Owl [1] ( lat. Pseudoscops clamator ) - an owl family bird found in Central and South America . Together with the Jamaican scoop, it is included in the genus Pseudoscops [2] . Ornithologists previously classified the striped owl as a representative of the Asio genus or a representative of the monotypic genus Rhinoptynx .
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Pseudoscops clamator ( Vieillot , 1807 ) |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22689522 |
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The striped owl is a bird 30–38 cm tall and weighs 320–556 g. It has large feather ears, a distinct facial disc and dark brown eyes, as well as a colorful plumage dotted with black patches and stripes. The color of plumage varies from white and ocher (chest, stomach and facial disc) to dark brown (back, outer side of the wings). Females are larger and heavier than males.
The striped owl prefers open and half-open spaces, savannahs with rare trees, pastures, agricultural land and even wooded suburban areas. The altitude range reaches 1600 m. Usually avoids dense forests - for this reason it can not be found in the Amazon . It hunts, as a rule, at night and at dusk for small mammals, birds and large insects. The breeding season varies greatly depending on the region. The female lays two or three eggs. The incubation period lasts 33 days. The chicks grow to the size of an adult bird within 37–46 days, but another 130–140 days depend on the parents. The range extends from southern Mexico to northern Argentina [3] .
Four subspecies are known:
- Pseudoscops clamator forbesiis - from southern Mexico to Panama .
- Pseudoscops clamator clamator - Colombia , Venezuela , eastern Peru and northern and central Brazil .
- Pseudoscops clamator oberi - Trinidad and Tobago .
- Pseudoscops clamator midas - eastern Bolivia and Paraguay , southern Brazil , Uruguay and northern Argentina .
