Long-eared Owl

Asio otus

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

LEOW

Code 6

ASIOTU

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Bright yellow to golden yellow.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Crested or plumed, Streaked, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Brown speckled with rust-brown and gray.
Forehead Color: Brown speckled with rust-brown and white with white eyebrows. Rust-brown facial disk.
Nape Color: Brown speckled with rust-brown and gray.
Throat Color: White with brown-tipped feathers and rust-brown mottled central spot.
Cere color: Gray

BODY

Length Range: 33-41 cm (13-16 in)
Weight: 244 g (8.6 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Buff with brown streaking and barring and buff upper breast with heavy dark streaking and barring.
Upperparts: Gray-brown with white and buff mottling.
Back Pattern: Mottled
Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Silent wing beats., Bouyant flight.
Wingspan Range: 91-107 cm (36-42 in)
Wing Shape: Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Finely barred dark and light brown.
Under Tail: Buff to rust-brown with streaking and barring.
Leg Color: Feathered in buff.

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