Flammulated Owl
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Flammulated Owl | status = Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | image = Flammulated_owl.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Strigiformes | familia = Strigidae | genus = Otus | species = O. flammeolus | binomial = Otus flammeolus | binomial_authority = Kaup, 1853 }}
The Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus) is a small, nocturnal, predatory owl approximately 15 cm (6 in) long with a 36 cm (14 in) wingspan. It breeds in southern British Columbia and the western United States. The Flammulated Owl is similar in size to the Western Screech Owl but lacks large ear tufts and has dark eyes and a different voice. The Elf Owl and Pygmy Owl are smaller.
The call is a series of relatively deep single or double hoots.
The Flammulated Owl nests in tree cavities and has 3-4 young at a time after a 26-day incubation period. Nesting habitat in the western U.S. is associated with mature, open ponderosa pine habitat. They mostly feed on insects, but will also eat mice and other small prey. Unlike many owls, they are migratory, leaving much of North America in the fall.
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