Long-eared Owl

Asio otusOrder: STRIGIFORMES Family: True Owls (Strigidae)

Codes: Common Name: LEOW Scientific Name: ASIOTU ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177932

Head

Topo Map: Owl-like Head

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

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Body

Topo Map: Owl-like Body

Length Range: 33-41 cm (13-16 in)
Weight: 244 g (8.6 oz)
Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color: White, Brown, Buff
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

Topo Map: Owl-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Silent wing beats., Bouyant flight.
Wingspan Range: 91-107 cm (36-42 in)
Wing Shape: Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Notched Tail
Tail Pattern: Brown overall with faint spotting.
Upper Tail: Gray-brown with white and buff mottling.
Under Tail: Buff to rust-brown with streaking and barring.
Leg Color: Feathered in buff.

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Long-eared Owl

Long-eared Owl: Medium-sized owl with gray-brown body with pale bars and heavy streaks on underparts. The facial disc is rufous with white a patch below the bill. The ear tufts are close together, long, black and rufous, and are not visible in flight. Bouyant, mothlike flight with silent wing beats.

● Song: "hoo-hoo-hoo", "whek-WHEK-shek"

● Foraging & Feeding: Long-eared Owl: Eats mice, moles, ground squirrels, small birds, small snakes, and insects. An active hunter suspected of capturing most of its prey by sound due to its ability to locate mice in complete darkness; most prey is captured on the ground or in low vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Long-eared Owl: Two to ten white eggs are laid in an abandoned stick or cavity nest; occasionally builds its own nest. Female incubates eggs for 26 to 28 days.

● Similar species: Long-eared Owl: Great-Horned Owl is much larger, stouter, and has wider-spaced ear tufts. Short-Eared Owl lacks rufous in facial disc and has shorter ear tufts.

Flight Pattern

Silent wing beats., Bouyant flight.

● Range & Habitat: Long-eared Owl: Occurs throughout the northern hemisphere. Preferred habitats include dense vegetation close to grasslands or shrublands, as well as open forests.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationUncommon to locally common

^MigrationNorthern birds migrate

^Weight8.6 Ounces

Owl-like Head

Owl-like Body

Owl-like Flight

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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