Spectacled Owl (side view)

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Animals; Birds; Owls; Spectacled Owl; Mexico; Central America; Yellow; Eyes; Hooked Beak; Talons; Brown/gray; Feathers; White Hooded; Nocturnal; Raptor; Young Bird; Captivity

The Spectacled Owl is 46 cm (18 in.) long and weighs 850 g (1.9 lbs). It is unmistakable with brown upperparts, head and upper breast, white facial markings and buff underparts. The eyes are yellow and the beak is pale. The juvenile is even more distinctive than the adult, being completely white apart from a chocolate brown facial disc.The Spectacled Owl is found in Mexico, Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), Trinidad and Tobago, and South America (Colombia; Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina).

John Hill

John Hill

2012-01-08

2012-01-08

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