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Strix hylophila

Photo by Frtiz73 at Moconá PP, Misiones, Argentina

[edit] Identification

33 to 38 cm. Rust coloured body and breast, brown barring, dark eyes set in a rusty coloured heads, pale buff barring their upper parts.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil, Paraguay and the north-easternmost part of Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Dense woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects, small mammals (mice, voles etc), and some small birds.

It builds its nest in a tree hole. The incubation period is 29 days on average. The young leave the nest five weeks after birth, and become fully independent at approximately four months.

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