Lesser Horned Owl
Bubo magellanicus(Lesson, RP, 1828)
English (US) Lesser Horned Owl
The Lesser Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: central Peru to western Bolivia, Chile, and northwestern Argentina, thence central Argentina to Tierra del Fuego including Cape HornRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bubo magellanicus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Horned Owl
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Strix] magellanicus
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1828)
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou description des genres et des principales espèces d'oiseaux 1 p.116
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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