Maybe the idea of a wise old owl came from this one.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/2.8
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
70 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/30 sec
Date/Time
Mon 21 Jan 2008 05:47:10 AM EST
English Spectacled Owl Scientific (Pulsatrix perspicillata) Order STRIGIFORMES Family (Latin) Strigidae Family (English) Owls Other name(s) Breeding Regions MA, SA Breeding Range s Mexico to ne Argentina Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,French Guiana,Guatemala, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range saturata s Mexico to w Panama chapmani e Costa Rica to nw Peru perspicillata e Colombia through the Guianas and Amazonia trinitatis Trinidad boliviana s Bolivia and n Argentina pulsatrix Paraguay, e Brazil and ne Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Latham, 1790) German Brillenkauz French Chouette à lunettes Chinese 眼镜鸮 Japanese メガネフクロウ Russian Очковая неясыть Spanish Lechuzón de anteojos Portuguese coruja-d'óculos Bird Data App text Large and widespread, and although a {lowland} species, seen occasionally up to 2000m.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
