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Stygian Owl № 181

Stygian Owl

Asio stygius

Named for the Styx, the river of the underworld, on account of its near-black plumage. Brazilians call it the devil's owl, and in rural Cuba its hoot is blamed for bad luck.

Photo · Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0 · source · iNaturalist. Cropped and resized.

Call · Marcelo J Feliti · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · source · xeno-canto. Trimmed to 30 seconds, volume normalised.

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