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Spectacled Owl
Ariel Gallego, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Owls

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSpectacled Owl
DutchBriluil
SpanishBúho de anteojos
Chinese眼镜鸮
Scientific namePulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790)

About this species

The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) also called a Murucututu, is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina. There are six subspecies. One is occasionally treated as a separate species called the short-browed or brown-spectacled owl but the consensus is that it is still merely a race until more detailed analysis can be done.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderStrigiformes
FamilyStrigidae
GenusPulsatrix

In Suriname

357Records in Suriname
11iNaturalist observations
1846First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini185
  • Brokopondo49
  • Paramaribo34
  • Commewijne31
  • Para6
  • Wanica2
  • Nickerie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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