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horned owl

Translation
horned owl
n.
any of several owls having two projecting tufts of feathers on the head

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Any owl of the genus Bubo (family Strigidae), with hornlike tufts of feathers, especially the great horned owl.

Other horned owls, all birds of prey, are found in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa (the eagle owl, or Eurasian eagle owl) and in Africa, India, Myanmar (Burma), and the Indonesian archipelago. They typically prey on rodents.

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).

E.R. Degginger/Van Cleve Photography

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▪ bird
 any of 17 species of owls with hornlike tufts of feathers on the head. The name refers especially to the great horned owl (B. virginianus) of the Americas. The great horned owl ranges from Arctic tree limits to eastern South America but is absent from the Amazon Rainforest. It is a powerful, mottled-brown predator that is often more than 60 cm (24 inches) in length, with a wingspan often approaching 2 metres (6.6 feet) in the female. Although its usual fare is small rodents and birds, the great horned owl has been known to carry off larger prey such as hens. Adapted to desert and forest, the great horned owl migrates only during food shortages.

      Other horned owls are the eagle owl, or Eurasian eagle owl (B. bubo), of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa and related species that occur in Africa, India, Myanmar (Burma), and the Indonesian archipelago (see eagle owl).

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