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Common Name

Little Owl

Alternate Names

Common Type

Owl

Order

Strigiformes

Family

Strigidae

Genus

Athene

Species

noctua

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Open countryside, agricultural land with trees, orchards, woodlands, parks and gardens.

Distribution and Range

Europe, across Asia and northern Africa

Food

Spot prey from a perch then swoops down on insects or earthworms and small vertebrates including rodents, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

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Field Notes:

Males hold territories which they defend against intruders. Is a cavity nester and a clutch of about four eggs is laid in spring. The female does the incubation and the male brings food to the nest, first for the female and later for the newly hatched young

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