Distribution

The Black-and-white Owl is resident from central Mexico south through Central America to northwestern South America, including northern and western Colombia, northern Venezuela, western Ecuador, and extreme northwestern Peru (16 Hilty, S. L., and W. L. Brown (1986). A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close , 24 Ridgely, R. S., and J. A. Gwynne (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close , 4 Stiles, F. G., and A. F. Skutch (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close , 15 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close , 25 Ridgely, R. S., and P. J. Greenfield (2001) The Birds of Ecuador. Volume 1. Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. Close , 17 Hilty, S. L. (2003). Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close , 26 Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, D. F. Lane, J. P. O’Neill, and T. A. Parker III (2010). Birds of Peru. Revised and Updated Edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close ). In Mexico it primarily occurs on the Atlantic slope. It long has been known to occur on the Pacific slope of Mexico north to eastern Oaxaca (27 Binford, L. C. (1989). A Distributional Survey of the Birds of the Mexican State of Oaxaca. Ornithological Monographs 43. American Ornithologists’ Union. Washington, DC, USA. Close ), but recently a very disjunct population was discovered in Nayarit.

The elevational range of the Black-and-white Owl in Mexico is from sea level up to 1,200 m (15 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close ); up to 1,500 m in Costa Rica (4 Stiles, F. G., and A. F. Skutch (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ); it is found primarily in the lowlands in Panama, but has been reported up to 2,100 m (24 Ridgely, R. S., and J. A. Gwynne (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close ); up to 1,500 m in Colombia, with a single record as high as 2,400 m (16 Hilty, S. L., and W. L. Brown (1986). A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. Close ); and in Ecuador it primarily occurs below 900 m, but locally up to 1,400 m (25 Ridgely, R. S., and P. J. Greenfield (2001) The Birds of Ecuador. Volume 1. Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. Close ).

None reported.