Pulsatrix

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Spectacled owls
Pulsatrix perspicillata.jpg
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Pulsatrix
Kaup, 1848

Pulsatrix is a genus of owl in the family Strigidae. They are called spectacled owls because of their prominent facial pattern. The genus contains the following species:

Pulsatrix arredondoi is a fossil species from the Late Pleistocene of Cueva de Paredones, Cuba.


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