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==Description==

==Description==

Band-bellied owls are large, with a body length of 14–19 inches, and weighing between 1.30–2.76 pounds.<ref>König et al., pg. 353</ref> The upper body plumage is dark brown with a few pale spots. The underside of the body is whitish with conspicuous rust-brown to dark-brown transverse stripes, with the chest just underneath the head bearing a wide, brown band. The facial disk is brown with white eyebrows. The eyes are dark red-brown to black-brown. The legs are feathered, while the toes are naked.  Like other species of this genus, they have no ear tufts.

Band-bellied owls are large, with a body length of 14–19 inches, and weighing between 1.30 and 2.76 pounds.<ref>König et al., pg. 353</ref> The upper body plumage is dark brown with a few pale spots. The underside of the body is whitish with conspicuous rust-brown to dark-brown transverse stripes, with the chest just underneath the head bearing a wide, brown band. The facial disk is brown with white eyebrows. The eyes are dark red-brown to black-brown. The legs are feathered, while the toes are naked.  Like other species of this genus, they have no ear tufts.

The exact distribution area of this owl is not yet fully known. It occurs in Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru east of the Andes mountains, and in Bolivia.  It inhabits humid and dense mountain forests to an elevation between 2,300 and 5,200 feet above sea level.

The exact distribution area of this owl is not yet fully known. It occurs in Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru east of the Andes mountains, and in Bolivia.  It inhabits humid and dense mountain forests to an elevation between 2,300 and 5,200 feet above sea level.