Horned owl
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The American horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. The genus name Bubo is Latin for owl.
Bengalese Eagle Owl
A Eurasian eagle-owl with a rat in its beak
Detail of an eye of an eagle-owl
Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
Eurasian eagle-owl
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The Eurasian eagle-owl is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides much over Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia.
Horned owl
…that is no longer the case. The genus Bubo was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist André Duméril for the horned owls. The type species is the Eurasian eagle-owl. The word bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle owl and was used as the specific epithet for the species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. A molecular phylogenetic…
Bubo bubo 3
Note the orange eyes and vertical stripes on the chest
Eurasian eagle-owl in captivity
The wings have a wide spread