Owls

Mostly nighttime birds of prey with big forward-facing eyes, flat faces and nearly silent flight.

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A barn owl with a white heart-shaped face perched on a post.

Barn OwlTyto albaA pale owl with a white heart-shaped face, found on every continent except Antarctica, that hunts mice and voles by sound alone.

A Eurasian eagle-owl with orange eyes and ear tufts perched on a snowy rock.

Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo buboOne of the world's largest owls, with orange eyes, tall ear tufts and a wingspan up to six feet.

A brown milky eagle owl perched on rocks above water.

Milky Eagle OwlBubo lacteusOne of the world's larger owls, also called Verreaux's eagle-owl, with bare pink eyelids that show when it blinks.

A dark brown spectacled owl with white eyebrows and a buff chest perched on a branch.

Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillataThe largest tropical owl of the Americas, a brown owl with white "eyeglasses" around its yellow eyes.