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Northern Saw-whet Owl
Weighing from about 80 to 90 grams, this is the smallest owl in eastern
North America.
Its range extends all the way from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south in
wooded mountains deep into Mexico. The ones on Queen Charlotte Island are
much darker and richer in colour (A. a. brooksi) while the southern Mexican
ones are paler (A. a. brodkorbi) and sometimes hybridize with a southern,
related species endemic to Central America, called the Unspotted Saw-whet
Owl (A. ridgwayi).

Reproduction prohibited without prior permission. © Barry Kent Mackay

The species

Classification

Order : Strigiformes
Family : Strigidae
Species : Northern Saw-whet Owl


Species photos

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The photo

O.Net reference : bkma55798
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Photo details

Date : 2008
Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Ontario
Location : Markham Markham
Lat. : 43° 52' 1'' North
Lng. : 79° 16' 1'' West

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