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The giant Cuban owl or giant cursorial owl (Ornimegalonyx) is an extinct genus of giant owl that measured 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) in height. It is closely related to the many species of living owls of the genus Strix. [1] It was a flightless or nearly flightless bird and it is believed to be the largest owl that ever existed.
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni), the largest living species of owl, is a fish owl, a sub-group of eagle-owls that specialize in hunting in riparian areas. [3] It is native to China, Japan, and the Russian Far East .
The femur is 81.2mm in length. Both palaeontological sites are from before the arrival of humans (the Lucayans) to the islands. 18,000 years ago, the sea level was 120 metres lower than today and the Bahamas existed as at least five major islands, with a land mass over 10 times the modern size. Both dig sites would have been part of the same ...
Bahama giant barn owl, Tyto pollens (Little Exuma and New Providence, Bahamas, West Indies) [27] – Rivero's barn owl (Tyto riveroi) is a synonym; Antiguan barn owl Tyto sp. (Antigua, West Indies) Mussau barn owl, Tyto cf. novaehollandiae (Mussau, Melanesia) Greater New Ireland barn owl, Tyto cf. novaehollandiae (New Ireland, Melanesia)
Ba, the part of a human's soul that roughly represents its personality, depicted as a bird with a human head. [2] Calais and Zetes, the sons of the North Wind Boreas. [3] Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part-hornbill, having an avian body and a human head.
Verreaux's eagle-owl (Ketupa lactea), also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl, [3] is a member of the family Strigidae. This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa . A member of the genus Ketupa , it is the largest African owl, measuring up to 66 cm (26 in) in total length.
There is a bird here which looks like an owl and it has a human face, a monkey's body, and a dog's tail. Its name comes from its call: [lacuna]. Whenever it appears, that town will have a severe drought. (Yanzi Mountain 崦嵫之山, where the sun sets) [13] There is an animal on this mountain which looks like a dog but it has a human face.