From southern Mexico to
northern Argentina...nocturnal
and therefore seldom seen.
Pulsatrix perspicillata
(L 16.1-20.6"
Wt m-1.0-2.4 lb/ f-1.5-2.8 l)
Some men, like bats or owls,
have better eyes for the
darkness than for the light.
(Charles Dickens)
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Pulsatrix in Latin means beater,
to strike; perspicillata in Latin
means lens, spectacle.