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  2. Tytonidae - Wikipedia

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    The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the ...

  3. Tyto - Wikipedia

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    They are darker on the back than the front, usually an orange-brown colour, the front being a paler version of the back or mottled, although there is considerable variation even amongst species. Tyto owls have a divided, heart-shaped facial disc, and lack the ear-like tufts of feathers found in many other owls.

  4. Owl - Wikipedia

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    Around the Paleogene-Neogene boundary (some 25 Mya), barn owls were the dominant group of owls in southern Europe and adjacent Asia at least; the distribution of fossil and present-day owl lineages indicates that their decline is contemporary with the evolution of the different major lineages of true owls, which for the most part seems to have ...

  5. Barn owl - Wikipedia

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    The whole family Tytonidae, though this also includes the bay owls in the genus Phodilus Tyto , the largest genus of birds in Tytonidae, and particularly these species in that genus: Three species that are sometimes considered to be a single species known as barn owl or common barn owl :

  6. 5 hidden messages on the dollar bill

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    We come in contact with it all the time, but the markings on the one-dollar bill remain shrouded in mystery. Until now. 1. The Creature. In the upper-right corner of the bill, above the left of ...

  7. Owl in the family? Residents of Hilton Head nest featured on ...

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    An owl sits on the Hilton Head Raptor Cam nest on Thursday, Feb. 8. Hilton Head Land Trust The owls, who were first spotted in the nest in September 2023, are tending two babies that hatched ...

  8. List of owl species - Wikipedia

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    Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...

  9. Martin Laurello - Wikipedia

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    Could turn his head 180 degrees Martin Joe Laurello (born Martin Emmerling , 1885-1955), also known by the stage names Human Owl and Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head , was a German-American sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees to the rear.