A pale rim borders its dark facial disk, and it has long ear tufts. It uses semi-humid to wet woodland and forest edges and is seen alone or in pairs.
Its facial disk is dark with pale edging and eyebrows, it has long ear tufts, and its underparts have both streaks and crossbars.
Bolivian records are widely scattered. The owl occurs in semi-humid to wet woodland, open forest, and forest edges, alone or in pairs; its behavior is poorly known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.