Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)

Order: Strigiformes | Family: Strigidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Yambrasbamba, Amazonas

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin


Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 (5.4 in). The Long-whiskered Owlet is brown with a grayish vermiculated belly. The iris is brown. It is very small and looks roundish and tail-less. It forages in the interior of humid montane forest in a very restricted range. It is distinguished from the Glaucidium pygmy-owls by a small and roundish appearance, long whiskers, and brown iris.

Status: Endemic. The Long-whiskered Owlet is rare in its very restricted range in Amazonas and San Martin where it ranges elevation 1900-2400 m.

Name in Spanish: Lechucita Bigotona.

Sub-species: Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi), O’Neill and Graves, 1977.

Meaning of Name: Xenoglaux:  Gr. Xenos= stranger and glaux, glaukos= owl. loweryi: In honor of Professor George Hines Lowery, Jr. (1913-1978) US zoologist.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.