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The owl can be found in groups that are the size of a family, including during breeding season. Its nesting has only been studied once, within an oak tree's cavity. It lays eggs from mid-February through May. Fledgings can be observed from May to August. It hunts at night along the edges of forests,
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is yellowish-brown with a dark ruff and its eyes are yellow. Its bill is either greenish-grey or bluish-grey. The owl's thighs are mostly yellow. Its lower leg is bare as well as its yellowish-pink toes that have dark claws. Chicks are whitish while the fledglings are cinnamon-colored with white
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have cinnamon-colored bars, while the tail has light and dark bars. Underneath the owl, it is pale brown with a tan and yellowish tint. Its upper breast is partially white, while the lower breast and stomach have either dusky reddish-brown bars or markings with black streaks. The
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Its call has short low-pitched whistles that are steady. Either the second or third notes are the loudest. The female's call has a higher pitch than the male.
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with black". Its hindneck is yellowish and the feathers on its shoulder has a white band across them, edged with black. The
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within Costa Rica. The owl has been barely studied and its conservation status is unknown according to a 2017 book, but the
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517:August 23,
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354:References
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255:Costa Rica
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294:Megascops
251:Strigidae
172:Species:
165:Megascops
154:Strigidae
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104:Eukaryota
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263:Colombia
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710:ITIS
684:GBIF
635:BOLD
540:ISBN
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