Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

ELOW

Code 6

MICWHI

ITIS

HEAD

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

BODY

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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