Striped Owl

Asio clamator

The striped owl is a medium-sized owl with large ear tufts and a brownish-white facial disk rimmed with black. Its beak is black, and it has cinnamon-colored eyes. It has shorter, rounder wings than most of its close relatives. The upperparts are cinnamon with fine black vermiculation and heavy stripes. The underparts are pale tawny with dusky streaks. It is native to South America and parts of Central America. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 1,561 times across 9 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

See the Striped Owl on the live map

Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in South America ranged from 23°S in December to 8°S in April, about 1,700 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

Download every area as CSV

Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.