Houlet
Appearance
(Reguidit frae Strigiformes)
Houlet | |
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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 | eedit soorce]The fern houlet, maugre its name, isna a houlet at aw.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Robinson, Chris (13 Mairch 2008). Scottish Wildlife (in Inglis). Black & White Publishing. ISBN 9781845028244.
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