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Bird name:

Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

ELOW

Code 6

MICWHI

ITIS

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HEAD

Elf Owl Head Illustration
  • Bill Shape: Hooked
  • Eye Color: Lemon yellow, paler in nestlings.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Spotted, Unique pattern
  • Crown Color: Gray-brown with red-brown spotting.
  • Forehead Color: Gray-brown with red-brown spotting. Pale red-brown facial disk with dark rim.
  • Nape Color: Gray-brown with narrow white band.
  • Throat Color: Pale red-brown
  • Cere color: Yellow

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BODY

Elf Owl Body Illustration
  • Length Range: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
  • Weight: 40 g (1.4 oz)
  • Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown
  • Underparts: White with red-brown streaking and red-brown breast with buff spotting.
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown with buff spotting.
  • Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
  • Belly Pattern: Mottled
  • Breast Pattern: Mottled

FLIGHT

  • Flight Pattern: Silent wing beats., Mothlike flight.
  • Wingspan Range: 38 cm (15 in)
  • Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Notched Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Gray and green
  • Upper Tail: Gray-brown with buff spotting.
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Pale brown to dull yellow.
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