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Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae, and the barn owl and bay owl family, Tytonidae. [2] Owls hunt mostly small mammals , insects , and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish .
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 .
Images representing Caligo at Consortium for the Barcode of Life; Pictures of an owl butterfly; Micropanorama of an owl butterfly wing; Taxonomy Browser Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Upperside and underside photographs. Pteron In Japanese but with binomial names; Pictures of an owl butterflies from Kenya
Anoles on a given island evolve into multiple body types and ecological preferences, and the same set of body types appears in unrelated species across distant islands. [93] The Asian sea snake Hydrophis schistosus (beaked sea snake) looks just like the Australian sea snake Hydrophis zweifeli, but in fact is not related. [94]
Screech owls are typical owls belonging to the genus Megascops with 22 living species.For most of the 20th century, this genus was merged with the Old World scops owls in Otus, but nowadays it is again considered separately based on a range of behavioral, biogeographical, morphological, and DNA sequence data.
Strigiformes (owls), as a whole, are well-known for flying silently, and without overly flapping their wings; this ensures their prey does not escape, as they cannot hear or suspect a predator approaching from above. As soon as a choice prey animal is spotted by the pueo, the owl intently glides-over and lands directly on top of it, killing it ...
Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to tree tops. Scientists ...
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence Greater sooty owl: Tyto tenebricosa (Gould, 1845) 1 Lesser sooty owl: Tyto multipunctata Mathews, 1912: 2 Minahasa masked owl: Tyto inexspectata (Schlegel, 1879) 3 Taliabu masked owl: Tyto nigrobrunnea Neumann, 1939: 4 Moluccan masked owl: Tyto sororcula (Sclater, PL, 1883) 5 Manus masked owl