Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata Adult. A distinctive forest

Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata Adult. A distinctive forest owl with spectacular, protruding white ear tufts that contrast with its otherwise dark plumage. It is most often detected by call, a deep, rolling growl repeated regularly. It often occurs at forest edges and clearings or along watercourses, where it apparently forages for large arthropods and perhaps small vertebrates. It is widespread from Mexico south to N Bolivia and central Brazil. Costa Rica in July

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