Ear owls
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Long-eared Owl ( Asio otus ) |
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| Brisson , 1760 |
The eared owls ( Asio ) are a genus of the real owls (Strigidae). The genus is distributed worldwide with eight recent species. They are medium to large sized owls. Most eared owls are nocturnal and primarily hunt small mammals. The short-eared owl ( Asio flammeus ) and the long-eared owl ( Asio otus ) live in Europe .
species
The following list introduces the individual types of eared owls.
- Ethiopian long-eared owl ( Asio abyssinicus )
- Cape eared owl ( Asio capensis )
- Hoot ( Asio clamator )
- Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus )
- Madagascar long-eared owl ( Asio madagascariensis )
- Galápagos eared owl ( Asio galapagoensis )
- Long-eared Owl ( Asio otus )
- Styx owl ( Asio stygius )
Web links
Commons : Ohreulen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Owlpages (English)
- Enrico de Lazaro: Giant Predatory Owls Once Lived in Ecuador , on: sci-news, July 22, 2020. Source:
G. E. Lo Coco, F. L. Agnolín, J. L. Román Carrión: Late Pleistocene owls (Aves, Strigiformes) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species , in: J Ornithol 161, pp. 713-721; March 5, 2020, doi: 10.1007 / s10336-020-01756-x (✝ A. ecuadoriensis , Ecuador )