OWLS
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The Long-eared Owl is a medium-sized woodland owl with prominent ear-tufts. Long-eared Owls inhabit open woodlands, forest edges, riparian strips along rivers, hedgerows, juniper thickets, woodlots, and wooded ravines and gullies. Breeding habitat must include thickly wooded areas for nesting and roosting with nearby open spaces for hunting. During winter, they need dense conifer groves or brushy thickets to roost in. Roosting sites are usually in the heaviest forest cover available.
The Cape eagle-owl (Bubo capensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is one of ... of southern Africa), mackinderi (southern Kenya south to the northern half of southern Africa), ... The subspecies mackinderi, which is slightly bigger than the others, is sometimes split as Mackinder's eagle-owl, Bubo mackinderi.
The Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. Both light and dark morphs are known to occur. The Mottled Owl is nocturnal, becoming active at dusk. Roosts during the day among dense foliage of trees and thickets, within creepers rising up tree trunks, or in natural holes.
The African wood owl is a medium sized owl which has the typical rounded head of the genus Strix like the Palearctic tawny owl or Holarctic great grey owl, with large dark eyes outlined by white eyebrows, and a white belly barred with brown. Overall, it has rich brown plumage with paler underparts, but it varies considerably across its range.It is 30.5 to 35 cm (12.0 to 13.8 in) long and weighs from 240 to 350 grams (8.5 to 12.3 oz)
The Ural Owl is a large owl with a round head, no ear-tufts, and a relatively long tail with a wedge-shaped tip. Light and dark morphs are known to occur, with the light form being more common. The Ural Owl lives in mature, but not too dense, deciduous and mixed forest with clearings. In the northern part of its range, breeding habitat is open coniferous or mixed forest with tall trees and some clearings, often near bogs, and often mixed with alder and birch.
The Chaco Owl is a medium-sized owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. its from southern Bolivia south to the Argentine provinces of Córdoba and Buenos Aires.