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The black-banded owl (Strix huhula) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.Entirely nocturnal, this midsized black and white neotropical bird is a resident species, and therefore never migrates out of its native South America.
Strix is a genus of owls in the typical owl family (Strigidae), one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being Tytonidae. Common names are earless owls or wood owls , though they are not the only owls without ear tufts , and " wood owl " is also used as a more generic name for forest-dwelling owls.
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Ural owl: Strix uralensis Pallas, 1771: 248 Great grey owl: Strix nebulosa Forster, JR, 1772: 249 African wood owl: Strix woodfordii (Smith, A, 1834) 250 Mottled owl: Strix virgata (Cassin, 1849) 251 Black-and-white owl: Strix nigrolineata (Sclater, PL, 1859) 252 Black-banded owl: Strix huhula Daudin, 1800: 253 Rufous-banded owl: Strix ...
Order: Tinamiformes Family: Tinamidae Little tinamou Red-winged tinamou. The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes.
The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft and creating a racket-shaped tail. Two species have been recorded in Paraguay.
The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird of Peru.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Peru.The avifauna of Peru has 1884 confirmed species, of which 118 are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 83 are rare or vagrants.
The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guyana.The avifauna of Guyana include a total of 785 confirmed species, of which one has been introduced by humans and two are extinct or extirpated.