| COMMON NAME | RUFOUS LEGGED OWL | |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | Strix rufipes | |
| HEIGHT | 330mm to 380mm | |
| GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION | Southern South America | |
| HABITAT | Dense and moist forest on mountain slopes or in the lowlands. Semi-open forest and woodlands | |
| DIET | Small rodents, birds, reptiles, insects and other anthropods | |
| STATUS | Uncertain may be threatened locally by forest destruction |
| NAME | SEX | HATCHED | STATUS |
| PERKINS | FEMALE | 1999 | HAND TAME |
| MISTY | FEMALE | 1996 | BREEDING OWL |
| KENWYN | MALE | 1996 | BREEDING OWL |
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