short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Query: strigidae

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Subject:	short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
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Asio flammeus
Date 1895
Source Fauna of British India. Birds. Volume 3
Author text - W T Blanford
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StrixFlammeaFBI.jpg

The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a species of typical owl (family Strigidae). The short-eared owl is found in open country and grasslands. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name Asio is a type of eared owl, and flammeus means "flame-coloured". The short-eared owl has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird.

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