short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Query: strigidae

Result: 176^th of 292

Subject:	short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
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Title: Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler Chapman), 1864-1945; Ernest Thompson Seton, 1860-1946
Subjects: Birds
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird-life;_a_guide_to_the_study_of_our_common_birds_(1898)_(14755712025).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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