Pulsatrix

Taxobox
name = Spectacled owls


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Pulsatrix"

"Pulsatrix" is a genus of owl in the Strigidae family. They are called spectacled owls because of their prominent facial pattern.

It contains the following species:
* Spectacled Owl, " Pulsatrix perspicillata"
* Tawny-browed Owl, " Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana"
* Band-bellied Owl, " Pulsatrix melanota"

"Pulsatrix arredondoi" is a fossil species from the Late Pleistocene of Cueva de Paredones, Cuba.