鬼鸮

Boreal Owl

Aegolius funereus

无危鸮形目鸱鸮科

分类位置

鸮形目›鸱鸮科›Aegolius鬼鸮

同属物种

Buff-fronted Owl

棕榈鬼鸮

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

形态与习性

The boreal owl or Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus) is a small owl in the "true owl" family Strigidae. It is known as the boreal owl or, more rarely, Richardson's owl after Sir John Richardson, in North America, and as Tengmalm's owl in Europe and Asia, after the Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm. Due to its nocturnal habits and preferred inaccessible taiga forest habitat, it is rarely seen by humans; when met with, it is however often extremely confiding, showing little or no fear of pe

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