Crested Owl

Photos copyright: TC/monacoeye • Do not copy • Valle de Anton • 1 May 2010
Bird name: Crested Owl
Latin: Lophostrix cristata
Other: Coruja-de-crista (Br)
Family: Strigidae
Range: Mexico to Brazil
The Crested Owl is a large owl with long whitish ear tufts, and fine mottled barring on chest.
It is the only member of the Lophostrix genus and found in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to northwestern Brazil. This individual was seen in El Valle de Anton in central Panama.


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