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Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae Links Typical owls, owls

Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disc. There are about 199 species worldwide, 8 in Britain.

Bird	Latin	Lists	Links	Notes
Little Owl	Athene noctua	C	Little Owl RSPB BBC
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	A	Long-eared Owl RSPB BBC
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	A	Short-eared Owl RSPB BBC
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	A	Tawny Owl RSPB BBC
Scops Owl	Otus scops	A	Scops Owl	rare
Snowy Owl	Bubo scandiacus	A	Snowy Owl	rare
Northern Hawk Owl	Surnia ulula	A	Northern Hawk Owl	rare
Tengmalm's Owl	Aegolius funereus	A	Tengmalm's Owl	rare

By: Keith Park	Section: Wildlife	Key:
Page Ref: owls	Topic: Birds	Last Updated: 03/2010

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