Alternative name: White-chinned Owl
- Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana
Identification
44 cm (17¼ in)
- Brown facial disc
- Tawny eyebrows
- White round the bill and on the chin
- Dark brown upperparts
- White barred tail
- Broad, dark brown breast band
- Light ochre or rufous underparts, sometimes with darker bars or vermiculations and sometimes plain.
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid tropical forests and open woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of small mammals, large insects and birds.
Breeding
Not too well documented. They nest in tree holes, laying 2 eggs. The female incubates them for about 5 weeks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Tawny-browed Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawny-browed_Owl
