Chaco Owl

The Chaco owl (Strix chacoensis) is a monotypic medium-sized owl of the Gran Chaco in southern South America. The head is round and tuftless, and the adult's facial disc is pale greyish white with concentric dark lines. The upperparts are dusky brownish black with narrow white and buff barring, the underparts off-white barred dark brown, and the tail dark greyish brown with narrow pale bars. Originally described as a species, it was soon demoted to a subspecies of the rufous-legged owl, but a 1995 study of morphology and voice showed the original treatment to be correct; later work suggests it is closer to the rusty-barred owl than to the rufous-legged. It occupies the low-rainfall Gran Chaco across hilly, rolling and flat terrain in both dense and semi-open forest, recorded in Argentina between 500 and 1,300 m. Mainly nocturnal, it is vocally active at dawn and dusk and hunts by dropping from a perch. Its breeding biology is poorly known; it probably nests in tree cavities or holes in the ground, and captive females lay two or three eggs.

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The Chaco Owl lives 10-15 years.

The Chaco Owl grows to 35-38cm (males 360-435g, females 420-500g).

It is 35-38 cm long; males weigh 360-435 g and females 420-500 g.