Houlet
Appearance
| Houlet | |
|---|---|
| Eastren barn oul (Tyto javanica stertens) Mangaon, Maharashtra, Indie | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Strigimorphae |
| Order: | Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 |
| Faimilies | |
|
Strigidae | |
| Range o the oul, aw speshies. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Strigidae sensu Sibley & Ahlquist | |
A houlet is a bird that maistly hunts in the nicht. It haes shairp claws an a heukit nib.
Thay feed on smaw mammals, insects, an ither birds, an a wheen species like tae eat fish an aw.
Thay are fund in aw pairts o the Yird 'ceptna Antarctica, maist o Greenland, an some ither wee islands.
Kynds o Houlets
[eedit | edit soorce]The fern houlet, maugre its name, isna a houlet at aw.[1]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Robinson, Chris (13 Mairch 2008). Scottish Wildlife (in Inglis). Black & White Publishing. ISBN 9781845028244.
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