Strigiformes

Typical Owls (Strigidae)

HBW 5, p. 76

  • Large-headed nocturnal birds with strong, hooked bill, round facial disc, compact body, moderately short tail, and strong feet with sharp talons; plumage soft and cryptically coloured.
  • Cosmopolitan.
  • Virtually all terrestrial habitats, from Arctic to tropics; typically found from sea-level to c. 2000 m, but locally up to 4700 m.
  • 24 genera, 198 species, 548 taxa.
  • 26 species threatened; probably 1 of these, as well as 4 other species and 2 subspecies, extinct since 1600.
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24 genera, 198 species

2913 files covering
22 genera (92%)
171 species (86%)

 

    1255 videos covering
19 genera (79%)
143 species (72%)
    1471 photographs covering
21 genera (88%)
164 species (83%)
    187 sound recordings covering
13 genera (54%)
97 species (49%)
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