Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

SEOW

Code 6

ASIFLA

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Typically bright yellow, but black-brown is also documented in one adult bird.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Crested or plumed, Streaked, Unique pattern
Crown Color: White, brown, and buff mottling.
Forehead Color: White facial disk with dark border.
Nape Color: Pale red-brown with dark streaking.
Throat Color: Buff with dark brown streaking.
Cere color: Brown

BODY

Length Range: 33-43 cm (13-17 in)
Weight: 315 g (11.1 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Pale buff with dark streaking and buff upper breast with bold streaking.
Upperparts: Pale and dark brown mottling.
Back Pattern: Mottled
Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Bouyant flight., Erratic flight with flopping wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 91-112 cm (36-44 in)
Wing Shape: Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Brown barred.
Upper Tail: Buff with pale brown barring.
Under Tail: Buff-white
Leg Color: Feathered in buff.

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