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Striped Owl

Asio clamator

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernVertebratesGrasslandCavity nestLarge · 443 g
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 1
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 2
Photo: Poegranate · CC0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 3
Photo: Agustín Zarco · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 4
Photo: Agustín Zarco · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 5
Photo: Lauu · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 6
Photo: Lauu · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 7
Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 8
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 9
Photo: Agustín Zarco · CC BY 4.0
Striped Owl (Asio clamator), photo 10
Photo: Agustín Zarco · CC BY 4.0

What the Striped Owl sounds like

Sonogram of the Striped Owl: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Call · Buenos Aires, Comuna 13, Buenos Aires, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto

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The striped owl is a relatively large species with prominent tufts of elongated feathers on the crown resembling ears. It is 30–38 cm (12–15 in) long and weighs from 320 to 546 g (11.3 to 19.3 oz). Its head, back, wings and tail are brown with black stripes and small markings while its underparts are buff-coloured with heavy black streaking on the breast. The facial disk is pure white with a thin black border.

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When to see the Striped Owl

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Striped Owl

Regular range

The map shades 21 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Costa Rica Argentina Colombia Mexico Panama Belize Peru Venezuela Ecuador Guatemala Paraguay Nicaragua Honduras Uruguay Bolivia Suriname Guyana Trinidad & Tobago French Guiana El Salvador

About the Striped Owl

The striped owl is a medium-sized owl with large ear tufts and a brownish-white facial disk rimmed with black. Its beak is black, and it has cinnamon-colored eyes. It has shorter, rounder wings than most of its close relatives. The upperparts are cinnamon with fine black vermiculation and heavy stripes. The underparts are pale tawny with dusky streaks. It is native to South America and parts of Central America.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) Stygian OwlAsio stygiusThe Stygian owl is 38 to 46 cm (15 to 18 in) long and weighs about 400 to 675 g (14 to 24 oz). Marsh Owl (Asio capensis) Marsh OwlAsio capensisMedium-sized, dark brown with a pumpkin-shaped head with small 'ear' tufts. Jamaican Owl (Asio grammicus) Jamaican OwlAsio grammicusThe Jamaican owl is 27 to 33 cm (11 to 13 in) long; one specimen of unstated sex weighed 335 g (11.8 oz).

Side by side: Short-eared Owl vs Striped Owl · Long-eared Owl vs Striped Owl · Striped Owl vs Stygian Owl · Marsh Owl vs Striped Owl

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