Burung hantu (Owls)
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hunts in daylight, coursing low over grasslands like a giant moth. Ear tufts are barely visible.
- Populasi
- ~1.2–2.1 million mature individuals globally (decreasing trend)
- Habitat
- Open country — grasslands, prairies, marshes, bogs, tundra, savanna, meadows, and agricultural fields
- Fakta menarik
- Unlike most owls, the Short-eared Owl is frequently active in broad daylight, coursing low over open fields with buoyant, moth-like wingbeats as it hunts for voles.
- Sebaran
- One of the most widely distributed owls in the world, breeding across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and the Galápagos, with populations on many oceanic islands — absent only from Australia and Antarctica
- Makanan
- Primarily small mammals, especially voles and other rodents (also rabbits, ground squirrels, shrews, muskrats); occasionally small birds and insects, particularly near coasts/wetlands
- Ukuran
- 0,38 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,97 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
