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Greater yellowlegs. Long-billed curlew. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
Great horned owl. The great horned owl ( Bubo virginianus ), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") [ 3] or the hoot owl, [ 4] is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed ...
S. v. varia. Synonyms. Syrnium varium. The barred owl ( Strix varia ), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl. A member of the true owl family, Strigidae, they belong to the genus Strix, which is also the origin of the family's name under ...
List of mammals of Pennsylvania. This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species. Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct). They are the marsh rice rat ( Oryzomys palustris ...
List of state symbols. Flag of Pennsylvania. Seal of Pennsylvania. Emblem of Pennsylvania. Coat of arms of Pennsylvania. Living insignia. Amphibian. Eastern Hellbender. Bird.
Tyto prigoginei ( Schouteden, 1952) 18. Oriental bay owl. Phodilus badius ( Horsfield, 1821) 19. Sri Lanka bay owl. Phodilus assimilis Hume, 1877. 20. Papuan hawk-owl.
Forster, 1772. The great grey owl ( Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Description. The short-eared owl is a medium-sized owl measuring 34–43 cm (13–17 in) in length and weighing 206–475 g (7.3–16.8 oz). [ 9 ] It has large eyes, a big head, a short neck, and broad wings. Its bill is short, strong, hooked and black. Its plumage is mottled tawny to brown with a barred tail and wings.