Short-eared owl
Asio flammeus
Family Strigidae. Order Strigiformes.
Photo: Stephan Sprinz / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a widespread grassland species in the family Strigidae.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory and nomadic
- Diet
- rodents
- Game species
- no — bird of prey
♪ Bird call
Recording: Stein Ø. Nilsen
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Photographs
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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