Like hawks and eagles, owls birds of prey, sharp claws and curved beaks they:
But owls differ from hawks and eagles. At the owl:
Owl eyes look forward. Most species are active at night, not during the day.
Owls belong to the group Strigiformes, which is divided into two families in the shape of the front of the head:
In the world, about 250 types of owls live on all continents, except Antarctica, only more than 10 species are endemic for Eurasia.
The most famous owls
Scrap-band
Thanks to the plumage invisible on the trees during the day. Color from gray to brown and red. The back with white spots, the shoulder blades are pale gray-white, a white collar is on the neck, a gray tail, with a dark and black veins, with 4-5 white stripes. On the head, two ear gray-brown bundles are visible on the sides of the crown. Yellow eyes, bluish-black beak. Paws and feet from brown to reddish-brown shades.
Inquires
The birds have a dark brown top of the body, the reddish-brown lower back. Head and upper neck are darker, almost black. Numerous white spots with black edges cover the back, stretching to the front of the crown. White blades with dark brown stripes. There are no ear bundles on the head. The beak is greenish-black. Eyes are dark brown.
Owl
Him:
The top of the body from brown to black and yellowish-brown, white throat. Dark spots on the back. On the back and on the sides of the neck, a striped pattern, dense spots on the head. The outer part of the flat gray-haired facial disk is framed with black and brown spots. The tail is black and brown. Black beak and claws. Paws and fingers are completely feathered. Eye color from a brilliant orange-yellow to dark orange (depending on the subspecies).
Polar owl
The big owl has a smoothly rounded head and without ear bundles. Volumetric body with dense feathers on the paws. White birds have black or brown spots on the body and wings. On females, the spots are quite frequent. Males are paler and whiten with age. The eyes are yellow.
Ordinary siberus
She has a white frontshaped front and white chest with small brown spots. The back is yellowish-brown with black and white spots. Males and females are similar in color, but females are larger, darker and more noticeable.
Fish eagle owl
The top of the body is reddish-brown with dark spots and veins. The throat is white. The bottom of the body is pale red-yellow with dark stripes. Hips and shelter light red. The front disk does not stand out, reddish-brown. Head and nape with long feathers, they give a disheveled look. There are no ear bundles. The eyes are dark brown. The bottom of the paws is naked and pale soil color, on the soles of the spikula that help to grab and hold the fish.
Eared owl
Rounded long wings intersect from behind when the bird sits down. Body body color is brownish-gray with vertical veins. Pale spots on the facial disk are similar to the eyebrows, a white spot is under a black beak, orange or yellow eyes, paws and fingers are covered with feathers. Long black beams look like ears, but these are just feathers.
Hawking owl
The bird of boreal forests behaves like a hawk, but it looks like an owl. Oval body, yellow eyes and a round facial disk framed by a dark circle, clearly owl. However, a long tail and the habit of sitting on secluded trees and hunting in daylight resemble a hawk.
Needlelegged owl
Brown front with many narrow whitish radially oriented strips. The eyes are bright yellow with a narrow dark area around them. Vuskovina is grayish-green or greenish-brown, bluish-black beak with a lighter tip. On the forehead is a white spot. Crown and nape of chocolate-brown, with fuzzy striped ocher.
Back, mantle and wings monophonic chocolate-brown. The tail is long, dark brown with a whitish tip, with wide pale-gray-brown stripes. The paws are covered, fingers are bristled or bare, yellowish-green.
Swamp owl
Owl
The front disk is fuzzy. The tail is dark brown with several whitish or pale blond stripes. Fingers gray-brown, bristly, dark-skinned claws with black tips.
Sparrow Sych
Fuzzy facial disk pale gray-brown with several dark concentric lines. Belovoy eyebrows, yellow eyes. Voskovina is gray, the beak is yellowish.
The upper body of the body is dark chocolate-brown or grayish-brown, thin cream-white spots, back and mantle with small whitish points near the lower edge of the feathers. On the back of the head, false eyes (occipital face), consisting of two large black spots surrounded by whitish circles.
The throat and bottom of the body are whitish, brown spots on the sides of the chest, brown veins from the throat to the stomach. The paws and the base of the yellowish fingers are whitish or brownish-white. Claws with black tips.
Mookhnogoi Sych
Owl with a square whitish front, surrounded by a dark rim with small white spots. A small dark part between the eyes and the base of the beak. Eyes from pale to bright yellow color. Voskovina and beak yellowish.
Brown Sych
The facial disk is fuzzy, grayish-brown with light spots and whitish eyebrows. Eyes from gray-yellow to pale yellow, olive-gray waxy, beak from grayish-green to yellowish-gray. Friday and crown with veins and whitish spots. The upper body is dark brown, with many whitish spots. The tail is dark brown with several whitish or pale blond stripes. Throat with a narrow brown collar below. Fingers are pale gray-brown, bristly, dark-skinned claws with black tips.
