Barred owl

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Barred owl Strix varia

The barred owl belongs to the
Strigidae family.


They do not have any ear tufts, they have a round head. They are brown and white and strips.


They are found in forests and wetlands. During the day they stay in the tree but at night is when they hunt. They hunt on small rodents, squirrels, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. They catch the prey by sitting and watching. When something to eat passed by they sweep low and eat it.


The courtship displays are the female and the male nodding the heads and the males catch food to give to the female. The nests are located in empty parts of the trunk. The female lays around four eggs and they are in incubation for thirty three days. The male doesn't sit on the eggs it is all the female, but the male does bring food to the female. The young leave the nest at six weeks.



















Allaboutbirds.org, (2015). Barred Owl. [online] Available at: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/lifehistory [Accessed 15 Apr. 2015].




Audubon, (2014). Barred Owl. [online] Available at: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/barred-owl [Accessed 15 Apr. 2015].