GOBIERNO DE ARAGON UE FEADER REDR

Short-eared Owl

BIRDING ARAGÓN

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus
ES: Búho campestre

Description

L:33-40cm ; W: 95-105cm;

Back tawny brown, longitudinally mottled dark; ocher underparts, streaked with brown; reddish-brown flight feathers with dark tips; tail rufous with brown barring; head with rounded facial discs and very small “ears”; bill black; yellow eyes. They present sexual dimorphism, being the male with the lower part of the abdomen and breeches of whitish-buff color and very narrow striations, the female with the lower part of the abdomen and breeches of buff color and wide striations. Juveniles: very dark face.

treparriscos Tichodroma muraria
  • Observation difficulty: Medium
  • Status: Winter.
  • Optimal Season:Oct-Mar
  • Conservation Status: Protected species
  • Hábitat:  Wetlands/Meadow

 

Special interest

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ROUTES

PROVINCES

Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel

REGIONS

Hoya de Huesca; Monegros y Bajo Cinca; Cinco Villas; Bajo Aragón y Caspe; Campo Belchite y Bajo Martín; Campo de Daroca y Jiloca

Special Protected Areas (SPA)

CUENCA DE GALLOCANTA. ESTEPAS DE BELCHITE – EL PLANERÓN – LA LOMAZA. LA RETUERTA Y SALADAS DE SÁSTAGO. SIERRAS DE LEYRE Y ORBA. LAGUNAS Y CARRIZALES DE CINCO VILLAS.