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Tawny owl is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TAWNY OWL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Tawny owl

The tawny owl or brown owl is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey. Several of the eleven recognised subspecies have both variants. The nest is typically in a tree hole where it can protect its eggs and young against potential predators. This owl is non-migratory and highly territorial. Many young birds starve if they cannot find a vacant territory once parental care ceases. This nocturnal bird of prey hunts mainly rodents, usually by dropping from a perch to seize its prey, which it swallows whole; in more urban areas its diet includes a higher proportion of birds. Vision and hearing adaptations and silent flight aid its night hunting. The tawny owl is capable of catching smaller owls, but is itself vulnerable to the eagle owl or Northern goshawk. Although many people believe this owl has exceptional night vision, its retina is no more sensitive than a human's. Rather, it is its asymmetrically placed ears that are key to its hunting because they give the tawny owl excellent directional hearing.

Definition of tawny owl in the English dictionary

The definition of tawny owl in the dictionary is a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head Also called: brown owl, wood owl.

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Tawney
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WORDS THAT END LIKE TAWNY OWL

barn owl
brown owl
church owl
eagle owl
hawk owl
hoot owl
horned owl
little owl
long-eared owl
night owl
screech owl
short-eared owl
snowy owl
white owl
wood owl

Synonyms and antonyms of tawny owl in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tawny owl» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of tawny owl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

黄褐色的猫头鹰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cárabo
570 millions of speakers

English

tawny owl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गहरे पीले के रंग उल्लू
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أسمر مصفر البومة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неясыть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coruja Tawny
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তামাটে পেঁচা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chouette hulotte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Burung hantu tawar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Waldkauz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黄褐色のフクロウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황갈색 올빼미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tawny owl
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hung cú
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அண்ணா ஆந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिवळ्या रंगाचे माकड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kehribar baykuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tawny Owl
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Puszczyk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неясить
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pârlit de soare bufniță
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καστανόξανθο κουκουβάγια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duin uil
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kattuggla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kattugle
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAWNY OWL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tawny owl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAWNY OWL»

Discover the use of tawny owl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tawny owl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl
The author reflects on his fifteen-year relationship with a tawny owl, an unlikely companionship marked by their incredulous neighbors, books, and unique care challenges.
Martin Windrow, 2014
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Sweetfish - tree snake
The plumage of the tawny owl is generally brown and speckled. However, some individuals have two distinct coloration phases, one brown and one gray. Young tawny owls are brooded for 32-37 days, during which. The tawny or brown owl is  ...
‎2002
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Ecology and Conservation of Owls
Most individuals of resident species move less than 20 km between birthsite and breeding site, and few move further than 100 km (for Tawny Owl, see Petty 1992, Saurola 2002; for Ural Owl see Saurola 1987, 2002; for Barn Owl see Taylor ...
Ian Newton, 2002
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New Scientist
A familiar perch helps to glide a tawny owl hunting at night nowhere. The birds are territorial throughout the year and territorial boundaries alter little, if at all, throughout a bird's lifetime. An individual bird finds all the food there, and male and ...
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Birds of the Middle East
Like a small, pale Tawny Owl with yellowish-orange eyes; occurs in desert regions. Proportions (large round head) and flight similar to Tawny Owl. Facial disc off-white with dark band in centre offorehead (like Tawny Owl); underparts ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
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Tawny Owl
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Tawny Owl or Brown Owl (Strix aluco) is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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A Country Pillow Book
TAWNY OWL: face to face in a rain-drenched bush RAT: shock in an African hut replaced by admiration. EW wild sounds are more Fquietly thrilling after dark than the mouthful "h0000...hulzood' of a tawny owl as its perches somewhere ...
David Kavanagh, 2006
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Predation in Vertebrate Communities: The Bialowieza Primeval ...
... tawny owl ( 1 ) Lynx Pine marten (3), raccoon dog (2), red fox (1)a, long-eared owl (1), undetermined owl (1) Red fox Weasel (2), tawny owl (2) Raccoon dog Badger cubs (2), weasel (1) White-tailed eagle Raccoon dog (1) Eagle owl Tawny ...
Bogumila Jedrzejewska, Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski, 1998
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Owls, Caves and Fossils: Predation, Preservation and ...
Owls, Caves, and Fossils is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of small mammal taphonomy.
Peter Andrews, 1990
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The magazine of naturel history and journal of zoology botany
Though the tawny owl generally takes up its abode in dark and gloomy woods, still it occasionally settles very near the habitation of man. In a hollow sycamore, within a dozen yards of this house, there had been the nest of a tawny owl, time ...
Loudon, 1835

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAWNY OWL»

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A tawny owl hunting experience
A tawny owl peers through the foliage as I pass through his territory, writes George ... Hearing these alarm calls, more and more birds join in, until the owl is ... «East Lothian News, Jul 15»
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Tawny owl quartet "thriving" thanks to support of Bude woman
A BUDE woman has said a quartet of orphaned Tawny owl chicks are "thriving" after taking them under her wing. Sue Clancy Gear, who runs the Born to be Wild ... «North Devon Journal, May 15»
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Men bailed after teenager left in a critical condition after alleged …
Craig Redfearn and Luke Wright are charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Callum Fox-Barker, 18, in the Tawny Owl pub on Prospect Road shortly ... «Wakefield Express, Mar 15»
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Regional news: Adorable baby owl Porridge broke into Dartmoor …
This adorable baby owl has become a real life jailbird after breaking into a prison. The six-week-old tawny owl was found between the inner and outer walls at ... «Bath Chronicle, Mar 15»
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Tawny owl in 10-mile roof rack trip to be returned to the wild
In March 2014, the sanctuary nursed back to health a tawny owl who was discovered clinging to the front of a train for a journey of more than 300 miles. «BBC News, Feb 15»
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Owl goes for 10-mile car ride trapped in roof rack
THIS owl's feathers were left ruffled by a dramatic car ride after his head got stuck ... The young tawny owl was discovered as the driver arrived for work at a car ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Norfolk: Tawny owl covered in engine oil given much-needed bath
A tawny owl that was found covered in engine oil after she ended up in an old ... and warm water to help remove the sticky oil from the feathers of the young owl. «ITV News, Feb 15»
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Tawny owl trapped in roof rack for 10 miles
A tawny owl flew into the path of a car and became trapped after getting its head stuck in the roof rack of the vehicle. The driver had travelled 10 miles from ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
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Desert Tawny Owl: New Species of Bird Discovered
It is a medium-sized owl, 30 to 33 centimeters long, and weighing 140 to 220 grams. It resembles the Hume's Owl (Strix butleri) and the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) ... «Sci-News.com, Jan 15»
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GAMEKEEPER FINED AFTER OWL'S DEATH
Sentencing him, chairman of the magistrates' panel Thura Win said: "We were told that you didn't intend the outcome as it happened, however the tawny owl ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»

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