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Strigidaetypical owls
Identification
Otus asio (eastern screech owl)
Date Taken
5/21/08
Location
Oak Island, NC
Caption
This animal was phtographed while blinking, and its translucent nictitating membranes ("third eyelids") are visible.
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- Live Animal
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- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
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- Body Parts :: Eyes
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- Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic
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Jo O'Keefe (photographer; copyright holder)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Aves birds
- Order Strigiformes owls
- Family Strigidae typical owls
Related Taxa
- Species Aegolius acadicus northern saw-whet owl
- Species Aegolius funereus boreal owl
- Species Asio flammeus short-eared owl
- Species Asio otus long-eared owl
- Species Athene cunicularia burrowing owl
- Species Athene noctua little owl
- Species Bubo blakistoni Blakiston's eagle-owl
- Species Bubo bubo Eurasian eagle-owl
- Species Bubo virginianus great horned owl
- Species Ciccaba nigrolineata black-and-white owl
- Species Glaucidium brasilianum ferruginous pygmy owl
- Species Glaucidium gnoma mountain pygmy-owl
- Species Glaucidium passerinum Eurasian pygmy owl
- Species Ketupa zeylonensis brown fish owl
- Species Micrathene whitneyi elf owl
- Species Nyctea scandiaca snowy owl
- Species Otus asio eastern screech owl
- Species Otus flammeolus flammulated owl
- Species Otus kennicottii western screech owl
- Species Otus marshalli cloud-forest screech
- Species Otus scops common scops-owl
- Species Otus trichopsis whiskered screech owl
- Species Ptilopsis granti southern white-faced owl
- Species Pulsatrix perspicillata spectacled owl
- Species Strix aluco tawny owl
- Species Strix nebulosa great grey owl
- Species Strix occidentalis spotted owl
- Species Strix varia barred owl
- Species Strix virgata mottled owl
- Species Surnia ulula northern hawk owl
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