ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE OWLS
Barred Owls
The Barred or Wood Owls and their immediate allies form a large and widely distributed group (Syrniince) of three genera and fully forty species of medium-sized or large Owls with a well-developed facial disk. They are without ear-tufts and have stout bills and strong claws, while the tarsi are thickly feathered throughout and the toes usually so.
The tail is of moderate length and the wing rounded, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills longest. The plumage above inclines to umber or sepia brown, barred or spotted with buffy or whitish, and the lower parts to whitish, much barred, striped, or spotted with brown.
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