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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 African wood owl is a medium-sized owl which has the typical rounded head of the genus Strix similar to the Palearctic tawny owl or Holarctic great grey owl, with large dark eyes outlined by white eyebrows, and a white belly barred with brown.
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 ...
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.
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The brown wood owl is a resident breeder in south Asia. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. It belongs to the earless owl genus Strix. The brown wood owl is medium large (45–57 cm), with upperparts uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders.