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

The European scops owl, Otus scops, isolated on white

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

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

Brown Screech Owl Close up looking away from camera with head scrunched down with green field background

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

A closeup shot of a Eurasian Eagle-owl

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

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

Widlife photography

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.

Close up of screech owl on branch

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.

Close up of Western Screech Owl sitting on tree stump in early morning sunlight

Bird of prey rotating its head

Eagle owl isolated on white looking right

Little owl close-up portrait. British Wildlife Centre, Lingfield. They undertake rescue and breeding programmes for release into the wild.

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

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

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.

Little owl - Chapada dos Guimaraes - Brazil

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.

eagle owl near the tree

Wildlife nature.

Great Horned Owl - Lancaster Ohio USA

A side view of a screech owl

owl looks down where its nest is

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