short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Query: strigidae

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Subject:	short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
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short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Short-Eared Owl - Asio accipitrinus
Author C. W. Nash
Subject: Owls, Asio accipitrinus
Tag: Birds
Date 1908
Source/Photographer
English: Nash, C. W. (1908) Vertebrates of Ontario : Checklist of the Birds of Ontario, Toronto, ONT: L. K. Cameron, p. 44
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_35985_Short-Eared_Owl.jpeg

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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