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Crested Owl

Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata
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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Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata
Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata
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