Stygian Owl Asio stygius
Version: 1.0 — Published January 20, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | kalous americký |
Dutch | Grote Ransuil |
English | Stygian Owl |
English (United States) | Stygian Owl |
French | Hibou maître-bois |
French (France) | Hibou maître-bois |
German | Styxeule |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mèt Bwa |
Japanese | ナンベイトラフズク |
Norwegian | styksugle |
Polish | uszatka ciemna |
Portuguese (Brazil) | mocho-diabo |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Mocho-diabo |
Russian | Черноватая сова |
Serbian | Stigijska sova |
Slovak | myšiarka tmavá |
Spanish | Búho Negruzco |
Spanish (Argentina) | Lechuzón Negruzco |
Spanish (Cuba) | Siguapa |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Lechuza Orejita |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Búho Estigio |
Spanish (Honduras) | Búho Cara Oscura |
Spanish (Mexico) | Búho Cara Oscura |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Lechuzón negruzco |
Spanish (Peru) | Búho Estigio |
Spanish (Spain) | Búho negruzco |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Lechuza Estigia |
Swedish | mörk hornuggla |
Turkish | Kurum Suratlı Baykuş |
Ukrainian | Сова темна |
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Introduction
Stygian Owl is surprisingly poorly known for such a large and widespread owl. This species is distributed throughout the Neotropics in a wide variety of habitats, but usually prefers relatively open woodlands, such as pine-oak and deciduous forests, and even can be found in urban parks. The diet of Stygian Owl includes mammals, but apparently it feeds mostly on birds; species that it preys upon range in size from the very small, such as Blue-black Grassquits (Volatinia jacarina), up to birds at least as large as small tinamous and city pigeons. In the field Stygian Owl appears attenuated, with a relatively small dark head and prominent "ear" tufts, and with dense dark streaking on the underparts.