The "strange bird" resembles an owl injured and picked up by experts call it an eagle owl

Yancheng News Network - Oriental Life News At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of May 7, a large-eyed "strange bird" that resembled an eagle flew from the Nanyuan community in the city and suddenly fell from a tree in the green field. Ms. Wang, a resident, was worried that the bird was an endangered species, and quickly packed it in a cardboard box to call the police, hoping that the relevant departments could send someone to identify and treat it. After cheng Zhifeng, a police officer at the Huanghai police station, learned about the situation, he immediately contacted the Yancheng Wildlife Rescue Center and took the "strange bird" to the Yancheng Zoo.

Sick hawk owl occasionally show yellow eyes

On the morning of May 8, the Oriental Life Daily reporter saw that the "strange bird" curled up in the corner of the wall had a pair of large and round eyes, often squinting into a slit, and occasionally showing yellow eyes when opened, looking fierce. Its upper body is dark tan, the beak is strong and curved, and the mouth-based wax film is covered by a hard whisker. The forehead is white, the shoulders are white spots, and the throat and front neck are yellow with brown stripes. The rest of the underparts are white with teardrop-like reddish-brown spots and black transverse and terminal spots on the tail feathers.

Li Xiyou, the person in charge of the Yancheng Zoo, told reporters that its real identity is the eagle owl (owl, nianxiao,), alias brown eagle owl, belongs to the owl family, medium-sized raptor, belongs to the national second-level protected animals. Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 – Low Risk. Because of its eagle-like appearance, it got its name, and this body shape is also conducive to its activities during the day. In keeping with this habit, it also does not have the remarkable face plates, collars, and ear feather clusters that are mainly used to collect sound waves.

Curiously, according to the data, the hawk owl generally inhabits mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests below 2000 meters above sea level, especially in the valleys of the forest, but also in the low hills and foot plains of the woods, forest scrub, orchards and tall trees in the farmland area. As for why it appeared in Yancheng District, it is not clear. "We plan to feed it for a few days, and if nothing is too bad, we are ready to release it back into nature on a day." Li Xiyou reminded the public that if they find suspected precious animals in the future, they can call the police or send them directly to the Yancheng Zoo, and the professionals will be responsible for treatment.

Author: Li Zhao, reporter Zhao Liang

Editor: Manshu