Chaco Owl
Strix chacoensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921
Strigidae — Owls
Chaco Owl, Strix chacoensis, is an owl of southern South America, breeding from southern Bolivia and western Paraguay into central Argentina. It was described by Cherrie & Reichenberger in 1921. A bird of the Gran Chaco, it occurs in hilly, rolling and level country, and in both dense and more open woodland. It has a rounded head without ear tufts, a pale facial disk marked with dark rings, dusky brownish black upperparts with fine pale barring, off-white underparts with dark barring, and a dark tail with narrow pale bars.
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae — Owls
- Breeding range
- South America: s Bolivia and w Paraguay to c Argentina
