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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Order
STRIGIFORMES
Family
Barn Owls, Typical Owls (Tytonidae & Strigidae)
Code 4
FLOW
Code 6
OTUFLA
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Hooked
Eye Color:
Dark brown at all ages.
Head pattern:
Crested or plumed, Streaked, Unique pattern, Eyebrow
Crown Color:
Mottled gray in gray morph and red-brown in red morph.
Forehead Color:
Mottled gray with gray facial disk (gray morph) or red-brown with paler facial disk (red morph) with black streaking and white eyebrows.
Nape Color:
Mottled gray in gray morph and red-brown in red morph.
Throat Color:
Gray (gray morph) or pale red-brown (red morph).
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
15-18 cm (6-7 in)
Weight:
54 g (1.9 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Brown, Gray
Underparts:
White with black streaking and crossbars on gray morph or less dense markings on red morph.
Upperparts:
Gray (gray morph) or red-brown (red morph) with black and brown barring.
Back Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
Belly Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked, Mottled
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Slow light steady wing beats.
Wingspan Range:
33 cm (13 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings, Long-Wings
Tail shape:
Notched Tail
Tail Pattern:
Gray and green
Upper Tail:
Gray (gray morph) or red-brown (red morph) with black and brown barring.
Under Tail:
Gray with dark barring (gray morph) or pale red-brown with brown barring (red morph).
Leg Color:
Feathered in buff-white.
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Parts of a Standing bird
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Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
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