Long-eared Owl — Conservation status Least Concern … Wikipedia
long-eared owl — noun slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts • Syn: ↑Asio otus • Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter • Member Holonyms: ↑Asio, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
long-eared owl — /lawng eard , long / a mottled gray owl, Asio otus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long tuft on each side of the head. [1805 15] * * * ▪ bird (Asio otus), nocturnal bird of prey of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes). Common to… … Universalium
long-eared owl — noun /ˌlɒŋɪədˈaʊl/ Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range. Syn: Stix, otus … Wiktionary
Northern Saw-whet Owl — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
Short-eared Owl — Taxobox name = Short Eared Owl status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 256px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Strigiformes familia = Strigidae genus = Asio species = A. flammeus binomial = Asio flammeus… … Wikipedia
short-eared owl — noun : a medium sized nearly cosmopolitan owl (Asio flammeus) that frequents seacoasts and grassy marshes, commonly nests on the ground, is dark brown above and buff below streaked with brown, and has very short ear tufts * * * /shawrt eard / a… … Useful english dictionary
owl — owllike, adj. /owl/, n. 1. any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are… … Universalium
Owl — For other uses, see Owl (disambiguation). Owl Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Recent … Wikipedia
Tawny Owl — ] Adaptations to night vision include the large size of the eye, its tubular shape, large numbers of closely packed retinal rods, and an absence of cone cells, since colour vision is unnecessary at night. There are few coloured oil drops, which… … Wikipedia