Long-eared owl
This is a male long-eared owl. They are quite small and very secretive. When alarmed long-eared owls raise their black ear-tufts in a rather comical manner. They are still found in the UK though their distribution is somewhat patchy.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 12/1921/52
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Pershouse, Mr Francis
- Common Name
- long-eared owl
- Simple Name
- bird
