Short‑eared Owl Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Asio flammeus
Family : Strigidae
Order : Strigiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Short-eared Owl is a dark brown bird of prey with a pair of very short ear-tufts (adult bird length approximately 38 cm, wing 31 cm, bill 3 cm, tarsus 4.5 cm, tail 14.5 cm). It has a pale buff body, the upperparts being darker with dark brown streaks and the underparts paler with longitudinal brown streaks. It feeds on small birds, rats, mice, locusts, grasshoppers, beetles, etc..
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Otus sunia
(Oriental Scops Owl) -
Athene brama
(Spotted Owlet) -
Glaucidium brodiei
(Collared Owlet) -
Ninox scutulata
(Brown Boobook (Hawk Owl)) -
Otus spilocephalus
(Mountain Scops Owl) -
Glaucidium cuculoides
(Asian Barred Owlet) -
Bubo coromandus
(Dusky Eagle-Owl) -
Ketupa zeylonensis
(Brown Fish Owl) -
Strix leptogrammica
(Brown Wood Owl) -
Otus lettia
(Collared Scops Owl)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stein A. Nilsen(www.xeno-canto.org/Stein A. Nilsen), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stein A. Nilsen(www.xeno-canto.org/Stein A. Nilsen), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.