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The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. The genus name Bubo is Latin for owl . Its name in Russian филин ( Russian for 'filin') is one of the few native Russian words containing the letter Ф .
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") [3] or the hoot owl, [4] is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. [5]
The great horned owl is named for its distinctive tufts of feathers. Ear tufts are a collection of fur or feathers found on animals which can resemble an animal's ear or is near the animal's ear. Cats
The great horned owl will appropriate a nest previously occupied by a great blue heron or by a hawk. A screech owl depends upon natural tree cavities in large trees.
A great horned owl with wet feathers, waiting out a rainstorm. The disadvantage of such feather adaptations for barn owls is that their feathers are not waterproof. [24] The adaptations mean that barn owls do not use the uropygial gland, informally the "preen" or "oil" gland, as most birds do, to spread oils across their plumage through ...
The pair of great horned owls who have unwittingly become stars on a Hilton Head webcam with their newly hatched owlets now have names: Bayley and Joshua. ... The female owl is named in honor of ...
A female great-horned owl flies above its nest on the balcony of John and Christine Moczynski of West Bend. The bird, named River by the Moczynskis, abandoned the nest in mid-April after laying ...
Among the latter, the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), in the Americas, and the Eurasian eagle-owl (B. bubo) are noted predators of barn owls. Despite some sources claiming that there is little evidence of predation by great horned owls, one study from Washington found that 10.9% of the local great horned owl's diet was made up of barn owls.