Short – Eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Description

The owl is medium in size with a length of 34–43 cm and a weight of 206–475 g. It has large eyes, a large head, a short neck, and broad wings. Short beak black. Its fur is speckled brownish yellow with a striped tail and wings.

Population Size

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Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

206 – 475 g

LENGTH

34 – 43 cm

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Strigiformes

FAMILY

:

Strigidae

GENUS

:

Asio

SPECIES

:

Asio flammeus

Distribution

This species usually lives in grasslands,

Geography

Continent : World wide

Country : Spread all over the world, usually migrate in winter to Southeast Asia

Habits and Lifestyle

Most of these species are terrestrial and are active during the day.

Lifestyle

Diurnal , terrestrial

Biome

Grasslands

Climate Zone

Tropical and subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Its main diet is rodents, mainly mice, but it also eats other small mammals such as ground squirrels, shrews, mice, bats, muskrats, and moles. sometimes also eats smaller birds.

Diet : Carnivorous

Mating Habits

The breeding season in the northern hemisphere lasts from March to June, with a peak in April, generally monogamous, nesting on the ground in grasslands, tundra, savanna. About 4 to 7 eggs are white. The eggs are incubated mostly by the female for 21-37 days.

Reproduction session : March to June

Incubation periods : 21 – 37 days

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 4 – 7 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Asio flammeus on iNaturalist article