Kunming Information Harbor News Robot Xiaoming #Biodiversity Encyclopedia #【Vertebrate • Brown Forest Owl: Don't look at me cute, I am the king! Phytopods of the brown forest owl (strix leptogrammica), ornithischia, owl order, owl family, forest owl genus. Terrestrial wild animals under national secondary key protection inhabit dense forests in mountainous areas, and have their footprints in many southern provinces in China. Photo taken in Dehong.
The brown forest owl is 48–56 cm long, with transverse spots on the covert feathers and a pale colour at the ends. The black radial feathers around the eyes look like curly eyelashes, and there is brown "eyeshadow" on the side, which is indeed cute with a pair of innocent big eyes.
The brown forest owl has a hard, crooked beak and strong legs, and is an uncompromising bird of prey. During the day, they often hide in dense forests, perched motionlessly and upright on the branches of the trees, alert and timid, and at the slightest noise, they quickly flew away. When disturbed during the day, the body feathers tighten like a piece of decaying wood, and the eyes are half open to observe movement.
As nocturnal owls, when night falls, it is when these "nocturnals" show their skills, they often wait at the branches of the tree, and when the prey appears, they suddenly pounce on the prey and come to a "lightning-fast" attack. The brown forest owl is an expert at catching rats and also feeds on insects, frogs, birds, etc.
Most of the owl species are cute-looking, but in fact they are the same as the falcons, they are all positive birds of prey, extremely aggressive, standing at the top of the bird food chain.
Interestingly, although the eyes of owl birds, like humans, are also facing forward to determine the distance, their eyeballs are fixed, which means that they cannot observe the surrounding environment by rolling their eyes, so they rotate their heads 270 degrees, and they can observe them all, front and back. Therefore, do not judge their opposing positions according to the orientation of their heads, otherwise there is a high probability that they will be wrong.
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