Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl)
Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
36-40 cm Very small ear tufts, yellow eyes. Brown face with white-mottled borders and brows. Brown to dark brown above, streaked and spotted creamy white. Tawny to cream below, streaked dark. The Búho Estigio (Asio stygius) is larger and darker, with longer “ears” and orange eyes. Their songs…
