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− | [[Image:Barred_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by David Roach<br/>Location: Corkscrew Swamp, Fl]] | + | [[Image:Barred_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by David Roach <br />Location: Corkscrew Swamp, Fl]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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Young birds give a loud shrieking | Young birds give a loud shrieking | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 4 August 2008
- Strix varia
Identification
Distribution
Resident from Minnesota south to eastern Texas and east to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia south to Florida. Also in central Canada west to British Columbia and in northern Washington and Idaho.
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies.
Habitat
Behaviour
Voice
A series of deep hoots that sound very similar to Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you, all?
Young birds give a loud shrieking