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The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Crested owl, Lophostrix cristata (A) [4] Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
The black kite can reach an altitude of around 37,000 feet especially during their migratory flight to and from West Africa in the second week of September and the last week of May annually. [citation needed] Andean condor: Vultur gryphus: Cathartidae: 6,500 metres (21,300 feet) [7] Mallard: Anas platyrhynchos: Anatidae: 6,400 metres (21,000 feet)
The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix , which is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy .
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few meters at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. [ 1 ]
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
A barred owl, dubbed Shakespeare, sits in a tree at Eagle Creek Park. Barred owls are one of the types of owls in Indiana that benefit from nesting boxes.
Great Gray Owls don’t build their own nests—rather, they take over the nests of other birds like goshawks, or nest in manmade areas like barn eaves or the tops of broken trees, as seen here.
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