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STRIPED OWL Asio clamator
Widespread across Paraguay, but still under-recorded. It is a species that you stumble across rather than look for. One Saturday night I was enjoying a beer on a warm summer´s evening in the plaza in Encarnación when one of these birds flew in silently and perched above my head. It watched me for a while before disappearing into the night sky.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3208PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Kevin Guest February 2012).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3209PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Hugo del Castillo May 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3210PH) Pair, left in defensive posture, right in alert posture, Jardín Zoológico de Atingy, near Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Hugo del Castillo March 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3211PH) Same pair in threat posture (Hugo del Castillo March 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3212PH) Adult,  Jardín Zoológico de Atingy, near Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Hugo del Castillo March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3213PH) Adult, Zoologico Juan XXIII, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3214PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3213PH) head detail (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE409PH) Juvenile, Linea 1, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Juan José Resquín September 2016).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3215VI) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith February 2012).
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