10 Most Beautiful Owls on Planet Earth

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00:00 4 Evergreen presents The 10 Most Beautiful Owls in the World

00:07 The birth of Athena and the Greek goddess of real world are some of the names used for

00:12 the owls.

00:13 They became a symbol of intelligence because it was thought that they can predict events.

00:18 But despite their historic significance, they're some of the most beautiful fowls in the animal

00:23 kingdom.

00:24 So here are the 10 most beautiful owl types in the world.

00:30 Eurasian Eagle Owl The Eurasian Eagle Owls are also known as

00:38 Bubo or European Eagle Owls.

00:41 They're one of the most widespread species of owls.

00:46 Apparently females can grow up to 29.52 inches while males are smaller.

00:53 Generally they're smaller than golden eagles and bigger than snowy owls.

00:59 Their bulky size with vertical ears and orange eyes makes them a unique species of bird.

01:07 Their feathers are light and strong, which shed off by time.

01:12 The first shed starts after one year from the day they were born.

01:16 They are categorized into Spanish Eagle Owl, Eastern Eagle Owl, Ahuronese Eagle Owl, and

01:24 Western Siberian Eagle Owl.

01:29 Spotted Wood Owl The Spotted Wood Owls are medium-sized with

01:36 large round heads and dark eyes.

01:40 Just like the Eurasian Eagle Owls, the Spotted Wood Owl females are bigger in size than the

01:45 males.

01:46 They can grow up to 18 inches.

01:51 They are mostly active during midnight as well as when returning to nest at dawn.

01:57 They generally feed on rats, small birds, and large insects.

02:03 Their nesting season is from January to August, and they breed in tree holes or open branches.

02:11 They're mainly found in southern Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia.

02:18 Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owls are very big, strong

02:25 owls with X-crescent ears.

02:30 They can grow up to 17.70 inches to 25 inches.

02:35 And their activity begins at twilight.

02:38 But in some areas, they're also seen in the late afternoon and early morning.

02:43 Their average lifetime is 29 to 38 years.

02:47 They're quite aggressive in nature.

02:52 Their breeding season is from January to February, and Great Horned Owls are found throughout

02:56 North America from the northern tree line, then in Central and South America.

03:06 Snowy Owl The Snowy Owls are huge white owls, as the

03:13 name suggests, with small ears.

03:17 They're also known as Arctic Owls and Snow Owls.

03:22 They can grow up to 20 to 26.77 inches long.

03:28 They are active during the daytime to midnight.

03:31 Their reproduction season is from March to April.

03:37 And their average lifetime in the woods is 9.5 years, while it's almost 35 years in custody.

03:45 They mostly prefer hunting during the day and feed on shorebirds, ring-necked pheasants,

03:50 and American coots.

03:54 In North America, Snowy Owls breed in the Western Aleutian, Prince Patrick, and other

04:00 northern areas.

04:05 Northern Saw-Wet Owl The Northern Saw-Wet Owls are very small

04:12 owls with no ear tufts.

04:15 They're also known as Saw-Wets.

04:18 They can grow up to 6.69 to 8.62 inches.

04:24 They are active during the late dusk.

04:29 They mostly hunt during twilight and dawn and usually follow the "sit and wait" method

04:34 of hunting.

04:35 They feed on squirrels, moles, bats, and house mice.

04:42 Small birds like sparrows and chickadees are sometimes also taken and included in their

04:46 prey as well.

04:48 The tamed owl can live approximately 10 years.

04:53 They're mostly found in southern eastern Alaska, central British Columbia, including the Queen

04:58 Charlotte Islands and central Manitoba.

05:05 Oriental Bay Owl The Oriental Bay Owls are small, weird-looking

05:12 birds with small, sized wings.

05:16 They're also known as Asian Bay Owls.

05:20 They can grow up to 8.25 to 11.4 inches.

05:26 They're active and busy in roosting during the day.

05:30 They feed on small rodents such as rats and mice, bats, birds, and insects like beetles

05:37 and grasshoppers.

05:41 Breeding is mostly done during the month of March to May.

05:46 And they're mostly seen in Nepal, Burma, and Thailand.

05:50 West to South China, south through the Malay Peninsula to the Greater Sundas.

05:59 Spectacled Owl The Spectacled Owl size varies from medium

06:06 to large having round wings with no ear tufts.

06:11 They have a dark face with white eyebrows and contrasting white streaking between their

06:18 eyes and cheeks.

06:21 They are generally unfriendly in nature, usually active during the beginning and after twilight.

06:30 They can grow up to 16.9 to 20.47 inches.

06:35 Spectacled Owls eat small mammals including mice and the occasional possum, insects, spiders,

06:42 many caterpillars, bats, birds up to the size of jays and frogs.

06:50 Breeding season is during the mid of November to April.

06:54 They're mostly found in Mexico, Central America, northern two-thirds of South America too.

07:03 Barn Owl The Barn Owls are normal sized owls with

07:10 no ear tufts and heart-shaped faces.

07:14 They're also known as monkey-faced owls, ghost owls, and church owls.

07:19 The average length of a barn owl is 11.5 to 17 inches.

07:25 They are active and seen during the daytime.

07:30 Barn owls specialize in pocket gophers, shrews, mice, and rats.

07:35 They can breed at any time of the year depending on the supply of food.

07:41 They are found in almost all the parts of the world except Antarctica.

07:48 Long-Eared Owl The Long-Eared Owls are medium-sized owls

07:56 which unlike barn owls have prominent ear tufts.

08:01 Their size ranges between 13.7 to 17.88 inches.

08:07 They are seen during dusk like most other owls.

08:13 They seem to be slim when they're roosting.

08:18 Long-Eared Owls are widely distributed in North America, Eurasia, and Northern Africa.

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08:37 Great Gray Owl The Great Gray Owls are huge gray owls as

08:44 the name suggests with no ear tufts.

08:48 They're most active at dusk but also at night and just before dawn.

08:54 Sometimes active during the day in the nesting season.

08:59 They feed on small animals like rats, mice, shrews, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, moles,

09:05 and weasels.

09:06 Their breeding season starts in mid-winters.

09:11 Their average lifetime is greater than all other owls and is about 40 years long.

09:19 Great Gray Owls are found from Alaska across Canada, down by the northern Rocky Mountains

09:27 and northern Minnesota.

09:30 They are also found in northern Europe and Asia.

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