Lesser Horned Owl (Bubo magellanicus)
About the Lesser Horned Owl
The lesser horned owl or Magellanic horned owl (Bubo magellanicus) is a large owl of the genus Bubo found in southern South America, extending north to the central Andes. It has traditionally been classified as a subspecies of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), but is now treated as a separate species based on differences in voice and size and because of the genetic distance between the two.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 46 recordings for this species: 19 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo buborecording
- Fraser's Eagle-OwlBubo poensisrecording
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusrecording
- Indian Eagle-OwlBubo bengalensisrecording
- Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlBubo nipalensisrecording
- Verreaux's Eagle-OwlBubo lacteusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.