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Flammulated Owl

Otus flammeolus ORDER: STRIGIFORMES FAMILY: STRIGIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Flammulated Owl Photo

© Don Phillips / CLO

A small owl of mountain pine forests, the Flammulated Owl is common in scattered localities throughout the West.

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Calls

  • Single note song; 1 & 2 note song
    Recorded by David S. Herr
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a rather deep-pitched, single "hoot," like blowing across the top of a bottle.

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