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Lesser Horned Owl

Bubo magellanicus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The lesser horned owl or Magellanic horned owl (Bubo magellanicus) is a large owl of the genus Bubo found in southern South America, extending north to the central Andes. It has traditionally been classified as a subspecies of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), but is now treated as a separate species based on differences in voice and size and because of the genetic distance between the two. It is about 45 cm (18 in) long with birds in the north of the range being largest.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 692