Mottled Owl
Strix virgata
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Strix
- eBird Code
- motowl
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Strix virgata borelliana
eastern Paraguay to southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)
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Strix virgata centralis
southeastern Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz) to western Panama
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Strix virgata macconnelli
southeastern Venezuela and the Guianas
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Strix virgata squamulata
western Mexico (Sonora to Guerrero, Guanajuato, and Morelos)
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Strix virgata superciliaris
Amazonia from eastern Peru and Bolivia through northeastern and north-central Amazonian Brazil
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Strix virgata tamaulipensis
northeastern Mexico (southern Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
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Strix virgata virgata
eastern Panama to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and southward to Ecuador
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.