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True owls are night-hunting birds of prey with silent flight. Their eyes face forward and cannot move in their sockets. They make up for it by turning the head very far. They live everywhere except Antarctica. Their feathers muffle the sound of air. Many are superbly camouflaged in trees.
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Strigidae
Aegolius funereus · Least concern
Few people ever meet the boreal owl, active at night in remote taiga. Those who do often find it shows little fear, only flying off if approached within 3 to 5 m. In Europe it is named Tengmalm's owl after the Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm; in North America, more rarely, Richardson's owl.
Photo: Mdf (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Strigidae
Ketupa zeylonensis · Least concern
Unlike most owls, it does not fly in silence: its feathers lack the soft fringes that let other owls ambush their prey. It fishes by dipping only its feet into the water, or wades into the shallows on foot. It is the most widespread of the four fish owls, from Turkey to Southeast Asia.
Photo: Somaskanda (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Strigidae
Athene cunicularia · Least concern
Despite its name, the burrowing owl rarely digs its own home: it usually moves into burrows dug by American badgers, foxes or ground squirrels. This long-legged owl lives on the ground in open, dry country from North America to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
Photo: Frank Schulenburg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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