Crested Owl

Crested Owl
In Panama
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Lophostrix
Species:	L. cristata
Binomial name
Lophostrix cristata (Daudin, 1800)

The Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is the only species (monotypic), in the genus Lophostrix.

It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Crested Owl is found in the Amazon Basin except in the northwest basin region with western Guyana, Venezuela, and central-eastern Colombia.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Lophostrix cristata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

• Crested Owl videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Stamps (for Suriname) with ~RangeMap
• Crested Owl photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
• Photo-Medium Res; Article montereybay.com–"Strigidae"

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