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Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Short-eared Owl
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Mosehornugle har en længde på 34-42 centimeter og et vingefang på 90-105 centimeter.

Field marks

Medium-sized, slim owl with a round head and yellow eyes set in black on a pale face — a fierce, "angry" expression. Very short ear tufts, rarely visible. Buff-brown and streaked, with long wings; hunts low over open country, often by day.

Can be confused with

  • Long-eared Owl — Long-eared Owl has orange eyes, long obvious ear tufts and a rufous face, is more nocturnal and keeps to woodland; the Short-eared Owl has yellow eyes, very short ear tufts, a pale face and hunts open country by day.

Voice

Usually silent here; on breeding grounds a muffled, repeated "boo-boo-boo" and wing-claps in display flight.

Facts

Wingspan

102 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

typical owls

Strigidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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