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The Ural owl is a rather large species. Full-grown specimens range in total length from 50 to 64 cm (20 to 25 in), which may render them as roughly the eight longest owl species in the world (though many owls are heavier on average). [5] [12] [13] [14] Wingspan can vary in the species from 110 to 134 cm (3 ft 7 in to 4 ft 5 in).
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[42] [201] More surprisingly, a Cooper's hawk, a smaller species of raptor, was observed to apparently prey upon a full-grown barred owl in British Columbia. [202] An American alligator was reported to have preyed on a barred owl in at least one instance. [203] On the other hand, the barred owl is a significant predator of smaller raptor ...
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An owl's talons, like those of most birds of prey, can seem massive in comparison to the body size outside of flight. The Tasmanian masked owl has some of the proportionally longest talons of any bird of prey; they appear enormous in comparison to the body when fully extended to grasp prey. [35] An owl's claws are sharp and curved.
Eastern grass owl: Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839) 17 Itombwe owl: Tyto prigoginei (Schouteden, 1952) 18 Oriental bay owl: Phodilus badius (Horsfield, 1821) 19 Sri Lanka bay owl: Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877: 20 Papuan hawk-owl: Uroglaux dimorpha (Salvadori, 1874) 21 Laughing owl (X) Ninox albifacies (Gray, GR, 1844) 22 Rufous owl: Ninox rufa ...
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.
For a simple list of all owl species, see the article "List of owl species". Extinct species: Bermuda saw-whet owl , described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century.