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and directs those waves towards the owl's ears. The feathers making up this disc can be adjusted by the bird to alter the focal length of this sound collector, enabling the bird to focus at different distances and allowing it to locate prey by sound alone under snow, grass, and plant cover.
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refers to feathers around the neck that are raised in response to noise, essentially enlarging the facial disc and improving hearing.
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has the most visually prominent facial disc, measuring about 110 mm (Simmons), while the
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A concave collection of feathers surrounding the eyes of some birds, most notably owls
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Understanding Owls: Biology, Management, Breeding, Training
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Morphometry of Auricular Feathers of Barn Owls (Tyto alba)
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Index

Facial disk

barn owl
ornithology
feathers
birds
owls
concavity
circular paraboloid
sound waves
harriers
barn owl
great grey owl
inner ear
feathered dinosaur
Mononykus
"Evolution of vision and hearing modalities in theropod dinosaurs"
Bibcode
2021Sci...372..610C
doi
10.1126/science.abe7941
ISSN
0036-8075
PMID
33958472
"'Prehistoric Planet,' a Stunning New Series, Depicts Dinosaurs Like Never Before | Audubon"
ISBN
0-7153-1223-5
ISBN
0-19-854964-4

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