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Galápagos short-eared Owl, Galapagos short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
Subject: Galápagos short-eared Owl, Galapagos short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
Poster: Wiki Photos (---@---.---)
Asio flammeus -Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador-8 (1) - Galápagos short-eared Owl, Galapagos short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis).jpg
Resolution: 3266x2177 File Size: 2473091 Bytes Date: 2011:09:13 08:41:00 Camera: Canon EOS 500D (Canon) F number: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/800 sec Focal Length: 250/1 Upload Date: 2017:02:01 22:06:38

Galápagos short-eared Owl, Galapagos short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)


Description Asio flammeus galapagoensis
English: A Short-eared Owl on Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Date 13 September 2011, 08:41
Source IMG_4807-8.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/jovamp/6224176191/
Author Joanne Goldby from Birmingham, UK http://www.flickr.com/people/46241560@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asio_flammeus_-Genovesa_Island,_Galapagos_Islands,_Ecuador-8_(1).jpg

The Galapagos short-eared owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) is a subspecies of the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), a bird belonging to the family of owls (Strigidae) that inhabits, seasonally with other subspecies, in North America, Europe, North Africa and Siberia where it nests, and in South America, southern China, Southeast Asia and India, where it winter. This particular subspecies is endemic to the archipelago of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean. Order: Strigiformes, Family: Strigidae, Subfamily: Asioninae, Species: Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763), Synonyms: Asio accipitrinus, Subspecies: A. f. galapagoensis Gould, 1837

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Scientific Name: Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Common Names: Short-eared Owl
French: Hibou des marais; German: Sumpfohreule; Spanish: Búho campestre, Búho cuerno corto
Taxonomy: Strix Flammea Pontoppidan, 1763, Denmark.

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