Friday, July 11, 2014

The Secluded Crested Owl

There is one owl species that is not very well known, yet is  distinctive from the others, and also fascinating. It is called the Crested Owl. This owl is medium sized and is strictly nocturnal; hence, not much is known about it. 

 Its ear tufts are a bit more pronounced and longer; sometimes seeming to be horizontal to the head when the bird is on alert. The overall plumage is in various shades of browns, black, and tan, and they usually have dark eyes. The most characteristic part of this species is its large white eyebrows that seems to continue all the way up to the end of the tufts.

They inhabit both Central and South America within the rain forest.  The Crested Owl's diet consist mostly of large insects, such as beetles. They also hunt small vertebrates on occasion. 


The most unusual trait of this bird is the deep frog-like sound it sometimes makes.
Listen Here.  

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