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  1. Northern white-faced owl
    Northern white-faced owlSpecies of bird
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  2. Northern White-faced Owl ~ Ptilopsis leucotis - The Owl Pages

    • The Northern White-faced Owl is a small greyish-brown owl with long ear-tufts and a black-rimmed white face. A light and dark morph are known to exist. Description: Light morph: The facial disc is whitis… See more

    Description

    Upperparts are pale greyish-brown with many dark shaft-streaks and faint vermiculations. Scapulars have white outer webs, with dark edges. Flight and tail feathers are barred light and dark greyish-brown. Und… See more

    Habits

    Habits: The Northern White-faced Owl is a nocturnal bird, roosting by day against a tree trunk, in dense foliage, thorny shrubs and other similar hidden places. At roost the owl is well camouflaged both by coloration a… See more

    Features

    Voice: The song of the male is a disyllabic, mellow fluting po-prooh, repeated several times at intervals of 4-8 seconds. The female's song is similar, but weaker and higher in pitch. A low to-whit-to-wheet given by both sex… See more

    Diet

    Hunting & Food: The Northern White-faced Owl feeds on invertebrates such as moths, crickets, beetles, scorpions, and spiders, as well as small vertebrates such as reptiles, birds and mammals (especially rodents and shrews). H… See more

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