The tawny-browed owl is a nocturnal bird of prey is endemic to southwestern Brazil and adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina, in areas of Atlantic Forest and open forest. It inhabits humid tropical forest, open woodland, and forest dominated by Araucaria evergreens. The head and upperparts are largely dark brown, contrasting markedly with the broad buffish-white facial markings, and buffy-orange underparts. The tawnybrowed owl is nocturnal. It hunts in the canopy from a perch, taking small mammals, birds, large insects, and probably other small vertebrates. The tawny-browed owl as being of Least Concern, however, its population size has not been determined, and it is thought to be “relatively rare, or at best uncommon”. It occurs in some protected areas, but its Atlantic Forest habitat has been much reduced and fragmented.
