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Unkown Owl from Equador (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter darwin1601
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My best guess; notice eye color described as variable. http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawny-bellied_Screech_Owl
Niels
Niels
darwin1601
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yes sorry guys, my mistake - it wasn´t in equador, it was leticia in columbia, the bordertown to brazil and near peru at the amazonas. travel southamerika for a long time, so sometimes i mix it up
On range this should be either (southern - depending whether you accept the split) tawny-bellied screech owl or tropical screech owl. I think it may be tropical because of the clear whitish inner facial disk surrounded by relatively thick black "c"s, and because eye colour seems quite yellow to me. Also because ground seems fairly grey (although of course different colour morphs exist for both species)
If I read König correctly, then both northern and southern TbS should be possible (but you might have better info). Within southern, yellow eyes are possible and there is a morph with pale facial disk. What I do not like about Tropical is the barring seems stronger on this bird than it should be.
Niels
Niels
Comments on range come from the maps in Birds of Northern South America. I think this was published after Konig (a book I do not have), although its range info has been superceded for many other species. I think I'd like to see a pic with the eyebrows clearer to make a more confident id. What type of forest (habitat) was it in?...Primary would favour tawny - bellied, edge /secondary tropical
darwin1601
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sorry i am a little bit late. but the habitat was a big forestlike garden at my guesthouse in a small village near leticia. quite far from the next real forest.
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