owl

1. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (synset 101623768)
   is a type of: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird - any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
   subtypes:

   • owlet - young owl
   • athene noctua, little owl - small European owl
   • horned owl - large owls having prominent ear tufts
   • great gray owl, great grey owl, strix nebulosa - large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
   • strix aluco, tawny owl - reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
   • barred owl, strix varia - large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
   • otus asio, screech owl - small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
   • screech owl - any owl that has a screeching cry
   • scops owl - any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
   • spotted owl, strix occidentalis - a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest
   • hoot owl - any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching
   • hawk owl, surnia ulula - grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
   • asio otus, long-eared owl - slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
   • laughing jackass, laughing owl, sceloglaux albifacies - almost extinct owl of New Zealand
   • barn owl, tyto alba - mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
   belongs to: order strigiformes, strigiformes - owls
   same as: bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter

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