Archive for the ‘Strigidae’ Category

• Arabian eagle-owl

  Mar 10 | Eagle-owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1031 Views | with Comments Off on Arabian eagle-owl

  Arabian eagle-owl – Bubo milesi – (previously the Arabian subspecies of the Spotted eagle-owl) is a large resident Arabian eared owl of Type – nocturnal-raptor, Family Strigidae and Order Strigiformes. It is...

• Desert owl

  Mar 10 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1000 Views | with Comments Off on Desert owl

  Desert owl – Strix hadorami – is a medium sized resident Arabian earless owl of Type – nocturnal raptor, Family Strigidae and Order Strigiformes. In the AWB Region it is found as Resident in S Levant, Sinai,...

• Eurasian eagle-owl

  Sep 23 | Eagle-owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1324 Views | with Comments Off on Eurasian eagle-owl

  Eurasian Eagle-Owl – Bubo bubo – is a large species of Type – nocturnal-raptor, of Family Strigidae and Order Strigiformes. It is resident over extensive areas of Temperate Eurasia. In the the AWB...

• Tawny owl

  Sep 23 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1423 Views | with Comments Off on Tawny owl

  Tawny Owl – Strix aluco – is a medium sized owl species of Type – nocturnal-raptor, in the Family Strigidae, and Order Strigiformes. It is resident across W Eurasia, the Middle East and NW Africa. In the AWB...

• Marsh owl

  Sep 23 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1505 Views | with Comments Off on Marsh owl

  Marsh owl – Asio capensis – is a mid-sized owl species of Type – nocturnal-raptor, Family Strigidae and Order Strigiformes. It is resident in s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is discontinuous across the Sahel...

• Strigidae – owls+

  Jul 12 | Owls+, Strigidae | Little Stint | 1575 Views | with Comments Off on Strigidae – owls+

  Owls are classified into two families, Strigidae – the typical or true owls, and Tytonidae the barn-owls, we will consider Strigidae on this post, but they are both in the same Order Strigiformes, and are of Type –...

• Little owl

  Jul 12 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1469 Views | with Comments Off on Little owl

  The Little owl – Athene noctua is a small species of the Type – nocturnal-raptor owl Family Strigidae and the Order Strigiformes. It is found as a resident across the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Middle...

• Long-eared owl

  Jul 11 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1623 Views | with Comments Off on Long-eared owl

  The Long-eared owl – Asio otus is a medium sized species of Type – nocturnal raptor owl Family Strigidae and the Order Strigiformes. It is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere of both the Old and New Worlds....

• Short-eared owl

  Jul 11 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1532 Views | with Comments Off on Short-eared owl

  The Short-eared owl – Asio flammeus is a medium sized species of Type – nocturnal-raptor, Owl Family Strigidae and the Order Strigiformes. It has a world-wide distribution except for Indonesia, Australasia and...

• Omani Owl

  Jul 9 | Owls, Owls+ | Little Stint | 1518 Views | with No Comments

  The Omani owl – Strix butleri is a medium sized owl of Type – nocturnal-raptor Family Strigidae and the Order Strigiformes. It is resident in the Hajar Mountains Region of NE Oman. In the AWB Region as noted...