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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 .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keeping its aim trained on the barred owl, hoping an effort to cull the species could save its close genetic relative. Federal agency plans to cull 450,000 ...
Megan Nagel, a Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson, said that spring of 2025 is the earliest that barred owl removals are likely to begin and emphasized the program would ramp up over time.
A barred owl is spotted in a tree in June 2016 near Idanha. Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop a plan to kill barred owls, which is part of a federal plan to save endangered ...
Barred owl: Strix varia Barton, 1799: 242 Cinereous owl: Strix sartorii (Ridgway, 1874) 243 Fulvous owl: Strix fulvescens (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) 244 Rusty-barred owl: Strix hylophila Temminck, 1825: 245 Chaco owl: Strix chacoensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921: 246 Rufous-legged owl: Strix rufipes King, PP, 1827: 247 Ural owl: Strix ...
The plan would remove the barred owl from 1%-2% of its current range. Crews of trained shooters would broadcast an owl call, attracting those nearby. Then, equipped with spotlights and shotguns ...
In April 2021, Barry set the record for the longest stay in Central Park for a barred owl, ultimately choosing it as her home instead of migrating. [1] Barry was tracked by Manhattan Bird Alert, a feed on Twitter which tracks bird sightings across New York City. If Barry was posted to the feed, dozens of people rushed to the location to see her ...
The killings would reduce nationwide barred owl numbers by less than 1%, officials said. That compares with potential extinction for spotted owls should the problem go unaddressed. Public hunting ...