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The black-banded owl (Strix huhula) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.Entirely nocturnal, this midsized black and white neotropical bird is a resident species, and therefore never migrates out of its native South America.
Strix is a genus of owls in the typical owl family (Strigidae), one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being Tytonidae. Common names are earless owls or wood owls , though they are not the only owls without ear tufts , and " wood owl " is also used as a more generic name for forest-dwelling owls.
When the owl arrived, vets started a careful procedure to ensure it could fly again. To remove the sticky residue from the glue traps, staff used mineral oil to rub it away, the center said.
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 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.
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A Ural owl being ringed. For a Strix owl, it has quite formidable talons which aid it in food capture and interspecies conflicts. Ural owls do not generally occur with other Strix owls excepting the tawny owl but overlap in much of their range also with the great grey owl, which furthermore ranges farther north and into the Americas as well ...
Ural owl: Strix uralensis Pallas, 1771: 248 Great grey owl: Strix nebulosa Forster, JR, 1772: 249 African wood owl: Strix woodfordii (Smith, A, 1834) 250 Mottled owl: Strix virgata (Cassin, 1849) 251 Black-and-white owl: Strix nigrolineata (Sclater, PL, 1859) 252 Black-banded owl: Strix huhula Daudin, 1800: 253 Rufous-banded owl: Strix ...