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Spectacled Owl
At Paignton Zoo, you can see two spectacled owls. They live up at Parrot Flights.
Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
About the spectacled owl
The spectacled owl is a large tropical forest owl found from southern Mexico, through Central America, and into northern South America, including Brazil, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina. It inhabits dense woodland and rainforest, often near water, and hunts at night for small mammals, birds, reptiles, and large insects.
Conservation
This species is classified as Least Concern, although deforestation and persecution in parts of its range can cause local declines across Central and South America.