fed for up to a year once fledged, inhibiting the pair's ability to have young the following year. Spectacled owls may breed while still in immature plumage since it may take up to five years before full adult plumage is obtained. Status The spectacled owl occurs over a very large range and is still a resident in much of its range. Due to this, it is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN. However, being a large, slow-maturing bird of prey with a strong sense of territoriality, it as a rule occurs at low densities. In areas where prey populations are hunted by people and habitats are destroyed or compromised, they may decrease. This is the likely source of extinction for an entire race on Trinidad (P. p. trinitatis). Occasionally, when roads are cut into the forest, they are killed by automobile collisions. Gallery References A guide to the birds of Costa Rica by Stiles and Skutch Owl Profile- OwlPages.com Birds of Venezuela by Hilty, External links Stamps (for Belize, Honduras, Paraguay, and Suriname); Stamp-photo Spectacled Owl photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res Spectacled Owl videos on the Internet Bird Collection Pulsatrix Birds of South America Birds of Central America Birds of Mexico Articles containing video clips Birds described in 1790