Burung hantu (Owls)
Northern Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
- legendaris
- 92 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hunts by day, perches like a falcon, looks like an owl pretending to be neither. Boreal forest specialist.
- Populasi
- roughly 100,000–499,999 mature individuals globally, stable; North American population ~60,000 individuals/~40,000 mature, European ~10,400-53,900 pairs
- Habitat
- open boreal coniferous forest (or mixed coniferous/deciduous), muskeg, and recently burned or logged clearings; avoids dense spruce-fir stands
- Fakta menarik
- Despite its owl family membership, the Northern Hawk Owl behaves like a diurnal raptor — hunting by day, perching conspicuously atop treetops, and even hovering like a kestrel while scanning for prey.
- Sebaran
- circumpolar boreal zone (northern Holarctic) across Alaska, Canada (to Newfoundland), Fennoscandia, Siberia, Central Asia, and northern China
- Makanan
- small mammals (especially voles, and snowshoe hares/squirrels in North America), supplemented by birds like grouse and ptarmigan in winter
- Ukuran
- 0,38 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,78 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
