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  2. Great grey owl - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ornimegalonyx - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Great horned owl - Wikipedia

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    Great horned owls seem to be the most long-lived owl in North America. Among all owls, they may outrank even the larger Eurasian eagle owl in known longevity records from the wild, [6] with almost 29 years being the highest age for an owl recorded in North America. [198] In captivity, the record for the longest lived great horned owl was 50 ...

  5. Stowaway Owl Found on World's Largest Cruise Ship - AOL

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    Florida wildlife officials were called to the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, to deal with a little stowaway – a burrowing

  6. List of largest birds - Wikipedia

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    The largest of the barn or masked owl family is the Tasmanian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops), which weighs up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) and measures up to 0.6 m (2.0 ft). [141] The largest owl known to have existed was Ornimegalonyx oteroi of Cuba, a uniquely cursorial owl. The giant bird was estimated to stand over 1.1 m (3.6 ft) on the ...

  7. 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 ]

  8. Category:Owls of North America - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Owls of North America" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Northern saw-whet owl; O. Mountain pygmy owl; S.

  9. Some of the world’s rarest birds are being saved in Boise ...

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    The World Center for Birds of Prey is one of the few places in the world where you can see a California condor, the largest bird in North America. Some of the world’s rarest birds are being ...