Spectacled Owl
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0

Owls

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

LCLeast Concern
Family
Owls (Strigidae)
Order
Strigiformes

Overview

The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) also called a Murucututu, is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina. There are six subspecies. One is occasionally treated as a separate species called the short-browed or brown-spectacled owl but the consensus is that it is still merely a race until more detailed analysis can be done.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.