Flammulated Owl

Otus flammeolus

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

FLOW

Code 6

OTUFLA

ITIS

177878

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Dark brown at all ages.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped, Crested or plumed, Unique pattern
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

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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4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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