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Below list of the Species along with a short description



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BRITISH SPECIES

Species

Description
British Barn Owl Medium-sized, pale owl with heart-shaped facial disc.
Common Buzzard Broad winged hawk, easily distinguished by size alone.
Kestrel Most common native hark, with distinctive stationary flight.
Little Owl Small, long-legged owl. Yellow eyes, flat head, short tail.
Long-eared Owl Medium sized, slim, long-winged owl with yellowish eyes.
Red Kite
Short-eared Owl Medium sized owl with tiny ear tufts and small yellow eyes.
Tawny Owl Medium sized owl with large round head and large dark eyes.
WORLDWIDE SPECIES

Species

Description
Ahroni Eagle Owl
Ashy-Faced Barn Owl Medium size owl, with heart shaped ashy-grey facial disk
Barred Owl
Bay Owl Medium size owl with distinctive angular facial disk
Black Barn Owl Barn owl shape, reddish face and sooty coloured body
Black Kite
Boobook Owl Medium size owl with a distinctive "boo-book" call
Brown Fish Owl Large, eared owl, with indistinct facial disk
Brown Wood Owl Medium size owl, chestnut brown with dark brown crown.
Burrowing Owl Small long-legged "earless" owl
Cape Eagle Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl Largest of all the owls with prominent ear tufts.
Eurasian Pygmy Owl Tiny owl with small head and no ear tufts
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Very small owl, red-brown in colour and yellow eyes.
Great Grey Owl Large, greyish owl with a very large facial disk.
Great Horned Owl Large powerful owl with prominent ear tufts and yellow eyes.
Gymnogene
Hark Owl Medium sized slender owl with long tail.
Harris Hawk
Indian Scops Owl Small Indian owl, with distinctive ear tufts
Iranian Eagle Owl
Kookaburra
Mackinder Eagle Owl
Magellan Horned Owl
Malay Fish Owl Large, eared owl with bare legs.
Marsh Owl Medium sized owl with rounded head and prominent facial disc
Pearl Spotted owl Very small, "earless" owl with off-white facial disk
Rock Eagle Owl Large, eared owl, also known as the Bengal Eagle Owl.
Rufous-Legged Owl Medium sized owl . Legs and feet orange brown.
Rusty- Barred Owl Medium sized owl with no ear tufts. Rusty brown in colour.
Savignys Eagle Owl
Snowy Owl Large, mostly white owl with bright yellow eyes.
Spectacled Owl Largish, earless owl with distinctive white spectacles.
Spotted Eagle Owl Smallish eagle owl with yellow eyes, prominent ear tufts.
Striped Owl Medium size eared owl, with dark eyes in white face
Tengmalm's Owl Small greyish brown owl, with prominent, whitish facial disk
Tropical Screech Owl Small owl with short ear tufts and yellow eyes
Turkmenian Eagle Owl
Ural Owl Medium to large grey owl with no ear tufts and dark
Verreaux's Eagle Owl Very Large, pale grey eagle owl, finely barred.
Western Screech Owl Small to medium owl with small ear tufts and yellow eyes.
White-Faced Scops Owl Medium sized owl, grey scops with black edged white face
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