Known from the discs' own bird lists
Short-eared Owl
asio flammeus
Strigidae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
37 cm. An owl with a large and round head with very small tufts arising from the center of the forehead; round facial disc gray-white with black around the eyes; white chin and facial ruff; forehead white, brown or buff; upperparts mottled brown and buff; tail brown with 5-6 dark bars; underparts whitish to pale buff with dense vertical streaks; iris yellow; bill black; thighs and feet whitish buff.
The immature has crown and rump dark brown; facial disc brownish-black with feathers tipped buff; mantle with incomplete buff barrs; underparts warm buff.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Mostly silent. High, hissing screeches. Also a lound "kee...keeep". During courtship in flight a "hoo..hoo..hoo..hoo..hoo".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Diurnal, crepuslcular and nocturnal. Forages by flying low over open country and swooping down to catch prey. Roosts on the ground.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Rare in open marshes, grassland, savanna, sea level to 4000 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Flight bouncing, with deep wing beats, erratic.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 22683 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 22682 Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: RERB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: RERB.CKD; SDTC.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: RERB.CKD; SDTC.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd