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Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. ... Lion (bordering on crepuscular) [54] [55] Margay ... Owl; Owl monkey [67] Pacarana;
The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the ...
#28 Barn Owls Divorce Each Other Ecologists have found that while barn owls are normally monogamous – mating with only one partner for life – about 25% of mating pairs “divorce”, and move ...
Owls may well be able to recognize individuals of their species by their unique voices. “Each individual great horned owl has a signature hoot,” Jennifer Ackerman reports in her book, "What an ...
An owl is any one of some 200+ species of solitary, mostly nocturnal predatory birds. They are classified as order Strigiformes. Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish.
Listings range from lions to orchids, and a primary cause across the board was. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has updated its list of the world's threatened species, and ...
Cross sectioned great grey owl specimen showing the extent of the body plumage, Zoological Museum, Copenhagen Skeleton of a Strigidae owl. While typical owls (hereafter referred to simply as owls) vary greatly in size, with the smallest species, the elf owl, being a hundredth the size of the largest, the Eurasian eagle-owl and Blakiston's fish owl, owls generally share an extremely similar ...