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Armenian Name: | Ճահճային բու |
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Species Status: | Undetermined Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 35 for Short-eared Owl and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Rare |
Length: | 37-39 cm, Wing Span:95-110 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 185. |
Description: | Dull pale orange-brown owl with short ear tufts and yellow eyes framed by dark patches. Long wings have dark carpal patch and pale patch at base of primaries. Dark streaks below. |
Similar Species: | Differs from Long-eared Owl by paler underparts, short ear tufts, yellow eyes. |
Behavior: | Hunts mostly at dawn and dusk. Flight slow and agile with wings forward in shallow V. |
Habitat: | Open grasslands, steppe, marshes, river valleys. |
Food: | Rodents, small birds, invertebrates. |
Nest: | Ground scrape lined with vegetation. |
Eggs: | 40 mm, 4-8, white. |