short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

Query: Strigidae

Result: 186^th of 293

Subject:	short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
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Artist
François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Otus brachyotus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 296 pl. 438
Old Latin name Otus brachyotus
New Latin name Asio flammeus
Common name Nederlands: Velduil
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otus_brachyotus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18400203.tif

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.

Strigidae
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