Tawny owl
Strix aluco
Family Strigidae. Order Strigiformes.
Photo: Michael Gäbler / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Description
The tawny owl (Strix aluco), also called the brown owl, is a stocky, medium-sized owl in the family Strigidae.
Traits
- Residency
- resident
- Diet
- rodents, small birds
- Game species
- no — bird of prey
♪ Bird call
Recording: Alvaro Ortiz Troncoso
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Photographs
Bree, Charles Robert / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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