Band-bellied Owl
Pulsatrix melanota(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Band-bellied Owl
The Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pulsatrix melanota
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Band-bellied Owl
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pulsatrix melanota melanota
- Pulsatrix melanota philoscia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Noctua melanota
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.266
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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