Black-and-white Owl

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Black-and-white Owl

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Ciccaba
Species: C. nigrolineata
Binomial name
Ciccaba nigrolineata
Sclater, 1859

The Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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