Pulsatrix

Spectacled owls
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	Pulsatrix Kaup, 1848
Type species
Strix torquata Daudin, 1800

Pulsatrix is a genus of owl in the family Strigidae. They are called spectacled owls because of their prominent facial pattern. The genus contains the following species:

Genus Pulsatrix – Kaup, 1848 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Spectacled owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata (Latham, 1790) Six subspecies Pulsatrix perspicillata boliviana (Kelso, 1933) Pulsatrix perspicillata chapmani (Griscom, 1932) Pulsatrix perspicillata perspicillata (Latham, 1790) Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata (Ridgway, 1914) Pulsatrix perspicillata trinitatis (Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1918)	Mexico, Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), Trinidad and Tobago, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina).	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Tawny-browed owl	Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana (Bertoni, MS & Bertoni, AW, 1901)	Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Band-bellied owl	Pulsatrix melanota (Tschudi, 1844) Two subspecies P. m. melanota P. m. philoscia	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Arredondo's owl (Pulsatrix arredondoi) is a fossil species from the Late Pleistocene of Cueva de Paredones, Cuba.