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Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.

Owl - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Birds from the order Strigiformes For other uses, see Owl (disambiguation) . Owl Temporal range: Late Paleocene to recent 60–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eurasian eagle-owl ( Bubo bubo ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade : Telluraves Order: Strigiformes Wagler , 1830 Families Strigidae Tytonidae † Ogygoptyngidae ( fossil ) † Palaeoglaucidae ( fossil ) † Protostrigidae ( fossil ) † Sophiornithidae ( fossil )        range of all species of owl

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