Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus - Hibou des marais

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Asio
Species
:
flammeus

Descriptor

Pontoppidan, 1763

Biometrics

Size
: 37 à 38 cm
Wingspan
: 90 à 105 cm.
Weight
: 290 à 350 g

Longevity

28 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

Asio flammeus flammeus (North America, Europe, n Africa and n Asia)
Asio flammeus cubensis (Cuba)
Asio flammeus domingensis (Hispaniola)
Asio flammeus portoricensis (Puerto Rico)
Asio flammeus bogotensis (Colombia, Ecuador and nw Peru)
Asio flammeus galapagoensis (Galápagos Is.)
Asio flammeus pallidicaudus (Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname)
Asio flammeus suinda (s Peru and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego)
Asio flammeus sanfordi (Falkland Is.)
Asio flammeus sandwichensis (Hawaiian Is.)
Asio flammeus ponapensis (e Caroline Is.)

Foreign names

Hibou des marais,
Búho campestre,
coruja-do-nabal,
Sumpfohreule,
réti fülesbagoly,
Velduil,
Gufo di palude,
jorduggla,
Jordugle,
myšiarka močiarna,
kalous pustovka,
Mosehornugle,
suopöllö,
mussol emigrant,
Brandugla,
uszatka błotna,
purva pūce,
močvirska uharica,
Болотная сова,
コミミズク,
短耳鸮,
นกเค้าแมวหูสั้น,
短耳鴞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland