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Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

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Description:

The smallest owl in North America

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Comments (6)
GeoffreyPalmer
Thank you KarenL for making this a Fun fact, and thank you to everyone for their comments!
KarenL
Fun fact! No larger than a house sparrow and weighing just 1.4 ounces, the diminutive elf owl is the world’s smallest owl. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153762550250603&set=a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603&type=1&stream_ref=10
Fyn Kynd
NICE!!! My favorite North American Owl.

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Birds of the World
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Raptors of North America
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The Owls of Florida
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PublishedOctober 4, 2012

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