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;[[:Category:Strix|Strix]] varia | ;[[:Category:Strix|Strix]] varia | ||
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Revision as of 09:13, 2 August 2015
- Strix varia
Includes Cinereous Owl
Identification
- 44 cm.
- Adult shows pale face, dark rings around the eyes, yellow beak, brown eyes, no ear tufts, upper parts mottled grey-brown, light underparts with dark markings which are mainly vertical, legs and feet covered in feathers up to the talons.
- Fledglings are downy like in most owls; older fledglings shows horizontal markings on breast, opposite of what is shown in adults.
Distribution
Resident from Minnesota south to eastern Texas and east to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia south to Florida. Also in central Canada west to British Columbia and in northern Washington and Idaho. In Mexico south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies:
- S. v. varia:
- S. v. georgica:
- S. v. helveola:
- South-central Texas
- S. v. sartorii:
Habitat
Forests or suburban areas.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in a tree cavity; 2 to 4 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for about 4 weeks. The young fledge after a further four to five weeks.
Diet
The diet includes mainly mice, but also rabbits, chipmunks, foxes, opossums, birds such as grouse and doves.
Vocalisation
A series of deep hoots that sound very similar to Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you, all?
Young birds give a loud shrieking
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- König, C. and F. Weick 2008. Owls of the World, second edition. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Barred Owl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Barred_Owl
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