Eagle Owl

.....Eurasian Eagle Owls such as this one pictured above and Great Horned Owls are both part of the Horned Owl family, while the Eagle Owl is found mainly in Eu...
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.....Eurasian Eagle Owls such as this one pictured above and Great Horned Owls are both part of the Horned Owl family, while the Eagle Owl is found mainly in Europe and Asia having orange eyes, the Great Horned Owl is found in North and South America having yellow eyes.
.....Eurasian Eagle Owls are the largest owls in the world second only to the very slightly larger Blakistons Fish Owl. the Eurasian eagle-owl can weigh well more than twice as much as the largest great grey owl
.....The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) typically has a wingspan of 131–188 cm (4 ft 4 in – 6 ft 2 in), with the largest specimens possibly attaining 200 cm (6 ft 7 in). The total length of the species can vary from 56 to 75 cm (22 to 30 in). Females can weigh from 1.75 to
4.6 kg (3.9 to 10.1 lb), and males can weigh from 1.2 to 3.2 kg (2.6 to 7.1 lb).
.....In comparison, the barn owl (Tyto alba), the world's most widely distributed owl species, weighs about 500 g (1.1 lb) and the great horned owl (B. virginianus),
which fills the eagle-owl's ecological niche in North America, weighs around 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).
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