Flammulated Owl

Otus flammeolus

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

FLOW

Code 6

OTUFLA

ITIS

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: 2. 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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