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An owl is any of about 174 species of solitary nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes. Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds.

Owls have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called the facial disk. Although owls have binocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets, and they must turn their entire heads to change views.

Owls are far-sighted, and are unable to clearly see anything within a few inches of their eyes. However, their vision, particularly in low light, is excellent.

Many owls can also hunt by sound in total darkness. The facial disc helps to funnel the sound of rodents to their ears, which are placed asymmetrically to allow better directional location.

Despite their appearance, owls are more closely related to whippoorwills and other nightjars or Caprimulgiformes than to hawks and other diurnal predators (see Falconiformes). Some taxonomists place the nightjars in the same order as owls, as in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.

Owls' powerful clawed feet and sharp beak let them tear their prey to pieces before eating. Their muffled wings and dull feathers allow them to fly almost silently and unseen. Scientists studying the diets of owls are helped by its habit of disgorging the indigestible parts of their diet, bones, scales, and fur in pellet form. These "owl pellets" are often sold by companies to schools to be dissected by students as a lesson in biology and ecology, because they are plentiful and easy to interpret.

Owl eggs are white and almost spherical, and range in number from a few to a dozen in some owls. Their nests are crudely built and may be in trees, underground burrows or barns and caves.
Taxonmony
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae Tytonidae
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Snowy Owl
The Longpoint schoolhouse
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Indian Scops Owl
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Northern Eagle Owl
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Barn owl
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Little owl
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Long-eared owl
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Short-eared owl
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Tawny owl
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Barn Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Burrowing Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Eastern Screech-Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Elf Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Great Horned Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Short-eared Owl
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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Spectacled Owl
Sedgwick County Zoo
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Northern Spotted Owl
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Mexican Spotted Owl
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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African Scops Owl
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African Wood Owl
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Asian Bay Owl
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Australian Masked Owl
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Bared Eagle Owl
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Barking Owl
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Barn Owl
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Barred Owl
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Boreal Owl
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Brown Fish Owl
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Brown Wood Owl
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Burrowing Owl
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Chaco Owl
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Christmas Island Hawk Owl
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Cinnabar Hawk Owl
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Collared Scops Owl
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Common Scops Owl
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Eastern Grass Owl
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Eastern Screech Owl
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