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Image of Eastern Screech Owl detail of back of head as it looks out to hunt

Brown Screech Owl Close up looking at camera with blue background

Screech Owl for sale is being sold in the traditional market in Jakarta

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

Widlife photography

A closeup shot of an owl with brown eyes. Fauna concept

An Eastern Screech Owl sits perched on the handle of a a recycle bin on the outside of a building

The European scops owl, Otus scops, isolated on white

Owl in captivity on Vancouver Island.

Tropical screech owl, Megascops choliba, looking at the camera, isolated on pink

Closed up nocturnal bird, adult Oriental scops owl, uprisen angle view, rear shot, in the morning perching on the curved branch in tropical forest, in nature of national park in central Thailand.

Eastern screech owl in owl house window

A detailed portrait of an Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) with distinctive orange eyes, feathers, and a blurred natural backdrop capturing its essence in the wilderness.

Brown and Grey Screech Owls looking in different directions with feathers sticking up reddish background

an Owl rests on a branch in Madera Canyon, Arizona

Short-eared Owl portrait. Quiet owl looking at the infinite.

Male Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perching on a deciduous tree.

Wild eastern screech owl closeup face with big round eyes

A closeup shot of a Eurasian Eagle-owl

a captive Little Owl (Athene noctua) standing on a wooden perch with a green background

Smart looking nosy burrowing owl with big eyes looking into the camera. Focused on eyes and beak. Blurred brown background and landscape format.

The peculiar looking Northern White-Faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis).

Small bird, its average size is 21.5 to 28.5 cm (males) and 22 to 25 cm (females). It weighs between 110 and 285 g (males) and between 150 and 265 g (females). It has a round head, without plumes and the eyes are arranged side by side, in the same plane. The eyebrows are white and the eyes are yellow. The coloration is earthy, mimetic, and may present plumage in rusty tones caused by purple earth soils (adventitious coloration). Unlike most owls, the male is slightly larger than the female and females are normally darker than males, particularly on the face. It has a smooth and silent flight. She has to turn her neck, because her big eyes are arranged side by side in the same plane. This frontal arrangement gives the owl binocular vision (it sees an object with both eyes at the same time). This means that the owl can see objects in three dimensions, that is, height, width and depth. The eyes of the burrowing owl are very large, in some subspecies of owls they are even larger than the brain itself, in order to improve its efficiency in low light conditions, better capturing and processing the available light.

Owl IN captured

eagle owl near the tree

Little owl - Chapada dos Guimaraes - Brazil

owl close-up portrait

Owl taking a pose

$English name: Pacific screech owl\nScientific name: Megascops cooperi\n\nCountry: Costa Rica\nLocation: Montezuma$

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