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  2. Snowy owl - Wikipedia

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    The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), [4] also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, [5] is a large, white owl of the true owl family. [6] Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic , breeding mostly on the tundra . [ 2 ]

  3. Western barn owl - Wikipedia

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    The barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. There is considerable size variation across the subspecies , with a typical specimen measuring about 33 to 39 cm (13 to 15 in) in overall length, with a wingspan of some 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in).

  4. File:Great Horned owl flying from a barn, Southern Ontario ...

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  5. Southern white-faced owl - Wikipedia

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    The northern white-faced owl is usually paler and browner with reduced streaking below. Their call is a series of fast, bubbling hoots, uttered at night and frequently repeated. These fast, staccato notes followed by a longer and higher-pitched ‘hoot’ are extensively used during breeding season and pairs of owls often sing together. [ 3 ]

  6. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Wikipedia

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    Sam Neill as Allomere, a great grey owl and a spy for Metal Beak. Sacha Horler as Strix Struma, a short-eared owl and a Guardian. Abbie Cornish as Otulissa, a short-eared owl and resident of the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole who Soren develops a crush on at first sight. Richard Roxburgh as Boron, a snowy owl and the king of Ga'Hoole.

  7. List of birds by flight speed - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.

  8. Pueo - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Northern white-faced owl - Wikipedia

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    The northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The southern white-faced owl (P. granti) was formerly included in this species and the two were known as the white-faced scops-owl. It is found in a band across Africa between the Sahara and the Equator. It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon ...