Owls

Black-banded Owl

Ciccaba huhula

The Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula) is a 370 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

370 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, GF, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Poconé · Pousada Piuval (Brazil).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist