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Crested Owl
Lophostrix cristata
Least ConcernThe Crested Owl is an owl of woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range. It hunts mostly at dusk or night, using silent flight, strong talons, and sharp hearing to catch mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, or fish, and usually nests in cavities, cliffs, old nests, or sheltered hollows.
- Family
- Strigidae
- Group
- Owls
- Range
- Crested Owl Range — Resident or seasonal range in woodland, forest, grassland, desert, wetland, and rocky habitats across the species' range
- Population
- ≈ Unknown