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Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata
(Latham, J, 1790)
Lechuzón Mocho Grande
Murucututu
Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Strix perspicillata.

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Number of Photography: 74

Foto
Photography ID: 658706
  Adult
Cercanía de Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
10/11/2025
Adrian Dario Barboza
Foto
Photography ID: 656456
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
10/11/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 656454
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
10/11/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 653934
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 650922
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650921
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650920
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650919
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650918
  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 641486
  Adult
Reserva Jorupe
Loja
Ecuador
05/13/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 641140
  Adult
Reserva Jorupe
Loja
Ecuador
05/14/2025
Pablo Serur



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 4



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Pablo Capovilla06/21/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--JejuimiIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Hugo Caverzasi06/21/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--JejuimiN/AN/AYesNo
Guillermo Menéndez04/01/2025ParaguayAmambayParque Nacional Cerro Corá, Pedro Juan Caballero♂ ♀AdultYesNo
Diego Carus10/19/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo


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Number of Films: 3




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Number of Records: 162



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238208111/10/2025ArgentinaFormosaCercanía de PiranéAdrian Dario Barboza
237355611/10/2025ArgentinaFormosaLoma Monte Lindo PiranéGustavo Marasco
236292910/09/2025ArgentinaJujuySendero El mangrullo, Reserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de Piedra2Gabriel Carbajales
236854915/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcohotel El DiamanteJorge Schlemmer
235376415/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcohotel El Diamante2Pablo Eguia
233375915/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEco hotel El Diamante2Jorge Schlemmer
233243615/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEco hotel El Diamante2Nino A. Grangetto
231202921/06/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--JejuimiPablo Capovilla
231029221/06/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--Jejuimi2Hugo Caverzasi
231210814/05/2025EcuadorLojaReserva JorupePablo Serur
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.