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A featured raptor, the Eurasian Eagle-owl at the Raptorama held this year at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center in Queens, New York.
The Eurasian eagle-owl belongs to the Family Strigidae and the Genus Bubo. This bird is among the largest species of owls in the world, and can measure 30 inches in length with an impressive wing span of over six feet.
The Eurasian eagle-owl usually weighs somewhere between two-and-a-half and ten pounds, with the males being slightly smaller in size and stature than their female counterparts.
Physical characteristics specific to this species of owl include tufted "ears" of feathers, orange eyes, dense bodies, and black beaks, as well as barred wings and tails. The feathers of this species are largely brown, streaks with black plumage. The areas on the bird’s underbelly are lighter in tone, while the Eurasian eagle-owl's throat is white. The facial disc on the Eurasian eagle-owl is grey in color and concave-shaped.
--- worldatlas.com
Oh, Hello (wink, wink) !
A featured raptor, the Eurasian Eagle-owl at the Raptorama held this year at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center in Queens, New York.
The Eurasian eagle-owl belongs to the Family Strigidae and the Genus Bubo. This bird is among the largest species of owls in the world, and can measure 30 inches in length with an impressive wing span of over six feet.
The Eurasian eagle-owl usually weighs somewhere between two-and-a-half and ten pounds, with the males being slightly smaller in size and stature than their female counterparts.
Physical characteristics specific to this species of owl include tufted "ears" of feathers, orange eyes, dense bodies, and black beaks, as well as barred wings and tails. The feathers of this species are largely brown, streaks with black plumage. The areas on the bird’s underbelly are lighter in tone, while the Eurasian eagle-owl's throat is white. The facial disc on the Eurasian eagle-owl is grey in color and concave-shaped.
--- worldatlas.com