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A Young Man Reading by Candlelight, Matthias Stom (ca. 1630). A night owl, evening person or simply owl, is a person who tends or prefers to be active late at night and into the early morning, and to sleep and wake up later than is considered normal; night owls often work or engage in recreational activities late into the night (in some cases, until around dawn), and sleep until relatively ...
Eyesight is a particular characteristic of the owl that aids in nocturnal prey capture. Owls are part of a small group of birds that live nocturnally, but do not use echolocation to guide them in flight in low-light situations. Owls are known for their disproportionally large eyes in comparison to their skulls.
Five species of barn owl are threatened, and some island species went extinct during the Holocene or earlier (e.g., Tyto pollens, known from the fossil record of Andros Island in the Bahamas, and possibly the basis for the mythical chickcharney). [3] Barn owls are mostly nocturnal and generally non-migratory, living in pairs or singly.
This owl is a member of the typical or true owl family Strigidae, which contains most species of owl, the other grouping being the barn owls, Tytonidae. It is a small (approx. 22 cm long), cryptically coloured, mainly nocturnal species and is found in a range of habitats including farmland, woodland fringes, steppes and semi-deserts. It feeds ...
Some, like owls and nighthawks, are predominantly nocturnal whereas others do specific tasks, like migrating, nocturnally. North Island brown kiwi , Apteryx mantelli [ 1 ] Black-crowned night heron , Nycticorax nycticorax [ 1 ]
The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) is a large nocturnal owl. It is a member of the true owl family, Strigidae. The Ural owl is a member of the genus Strix, that is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy. [3] Both its common name and scientific name refer to the Ural Mountains of Russia where the type specimen was collected.
The adult Wallace scops owl has a body length of 23 to 27 cm (9 to 10 1/2 inches), a wingspan between 202 and 251 cm (79 1/2 and 99 inches), and can weigh around 210 g (7 1/2 ounces). [ 4 ] This small bird has a characteristic owl-shaped face with long ear tufts and bright yellow eyes. [ 4 ]
It is only slightly smaller than the largest owl in Australia, the powerful owl (Ninox strenua), which typically weighs between 1,050 and 1,700 g (37 and 60 oz). [4] The rufous owl is a generalist nocturnal predator and generally solitary. It is seldom aggressive to humans except in situations in which it feels its nest or offspring are threatened.