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Strix virgata (Mottled Owl)

Synonyms: Ciccaba virgata; Ciccaba virgata checklist; Syrnium virgatum
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The mottled owl (Strix virgata) is a medium-sized owl found in Central and South America from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. The head and back are mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat. The eyes are dark and the head is round and they do not have ear tufts. They are territorial and found in dry forests and jungles up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) above sea level.
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Infraspecies

Strix virgata borelliana
Strix virgata centralis
Strix virgata macconnelli
Strix virgata squamulata
Strix virgata superciliaris
Strix virgata tamaulipensis
Strix virgata virgata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.17218
EDGE Score: 2.21618
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  287 grams
Female Weight [4]  336 grams
Male Weight [4]  240 grams
Weight Dimorphism [4]  40 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  80 %
Clutch Size [6]  1
Incubation [5]  29 days
Mating System [7]  Monogamy
Nocturnal [8]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [9]  72
Snout to Vent Length [1]  14 inches (35 cm)
Wing Span [5]  34 inches (.87 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Marmosa mexicana (Mexican Mouse Opossum)[10]
Oligoryzomys fulvescens (fulvous pygmy rice rat)[5]
Ototylomys phyllotis (big-eared climbing rat)[5]
Peromyscus levipes (nimble-footed mouse)[11]
Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)[5]
Micrastur semitorquatus (Collared Forest-Falcon)[12]
Morphnus guianensis (Crested Eagle)[5]
Spizaetus tyrannus (Black Hawk-Eagle)[5]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Gerhardt, RP, DM Gerhardt, CJ Flatten, and NB González. 1994. The food habits of sympatric Ciccaba owls in northern Guatemala. Journal of Field Ornithology 65:258–264
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 9Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 10Marmosa mexicana, Alfonso Alonso-Mejía and Rodrigo A. Medellín, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 421, pp. 1-4 (1992)
♦ 11Peromyscus levipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae), SERGIO TICUL ALVAREZ-CASTANEDA AND NOE GONZALEZ-RUIZ, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 824:1–6 (2009)
♦ 12Thorstrom, RK, CW Turley, FG Ramirez, and BA Gilroy. 1990. Descriptions of nests, eggs and young of the Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) and of the Collared Forest-Falcon (M. semitorquatus) Condor 92:237–239
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0