Black And White Owl
The black and white owl is a medium sized owl with a round head and no ear tufts.
Black and white owl. At night it hunts mainly at higher levels but sometimes can be found pursuing bats under streetlights. Found in forests plantations gardens and towns. This includes rain forests old second growth and other moist forest habitats from the lowlands to around 1 500 meters from eastern mexico hidalgo south to chiapas the southern and eastern yucatan central america northern venezuela and western ecuador.
Handsome but scarce large owl of tropical lowland forest and edge. The black and white owl has a large range of 4 900 000 square kilometers. The black and white owl is a medium size owl 15 16 in.
It has a striped black and white breast belly and vent. There is no similar owl in central america although the black banded of south america is similar and was once considered conspecific. Note the bright yellow bill and feet and boldly patterned black and white plumage.
As for most owl species females are usually bigger than males with an average weight of 487 g and 418 g respectively. Black and white owl ciccaba strix nigrolineata. Mainly roosts high in trees during the day but sometimes roosts in rather open situations.
Its body is whitish below with dense blackish barring. The black and white owl is a medium sized owl with a rounded head and no ear tufts. Its size is similar to the other medium sized owls like the barn long and short eared owls.
The black and white owl strix nigrolineata is a species of owl in the strigidae family. It is found in belize colombia costa rica ecuador el salvador guatemala honduras mexico nicaragua panama peru and venezuela.
