Northern Saw-Whet Owl

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Northern Saw-whet owl Aegolius acadicus
Identification Tips:
Length: 7 inches Wingspan: 17 inches
Small, nocturnal, predatory bird
Large, rounded head
Yellow eyes
Brownish facial disks
Dark bill
Brown upperparts with large white spots ...

Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus


Other Common Names: Acadian Owl (acadicus); Queen Charlotte Owl (brooksi); Kirkland's Owl; Saw-filer; Whetsaw; White-fronted Owl; Sparrow Owl.

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Juvenile
Similar Species
Boreal Owl larger, with yellow bill, white spotting on dark brown crown, and black outline to face. Juvenile boreal with darker brown underparts, and white X, not Y on face.

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin)
Status Uncommon resident. Breeds. Seldom seen but probably not as rare as it seems to be.

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Described by: Gmelin, J. F. (1788)
Alternate common name(s): Saw-whet Owl
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...

Find out more about the Northern Saw-whet Owl from:
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Minnesota Conservation Volunteer articles ...

Northern Saw-whet Owl
The Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a small owl with a short tail and a very large head. There are no ear tufts, and they have very large, yellow eyes.

Northern saw-whet owl: low, whistled toots (about two per second): toit toit toit… or poo poo poo. Also a wheezy, rising, catlike screech: shweeee.

Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Nighthawks and Swifts
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) ...

NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL - 1 calling at about 3:30 this afternoon in
response to screech owl calls at Odiorne!
SHORT-EARED OWL - 2 at Island Path at 2:00 this afternoon, thanks to a
call from Mark ...

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus. Occasional in winter and fall in Inland Coastal Plain, Mountain, and Tennessee Valley regions. Found in dense evergreen thickets.
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The Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a North American native known for its diminutive size and nomadic nature.

PREDATORS : Owls (Tytonidae and Strigidae) [43], including northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus) [8] and burrowing owls (Speotyto cunicularia) [24], hawks (Accipitridae) [43], coyotes (Canis latrans) [12,40], ...

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Count Circle: 1 seen in 2008 only.
Fermilab Site: Not seen.
72.
Belted Kingfisher
Count Circle: Avg. of 9.9 in 35 counts.
Fermilab Site: Avg. of 1.4 in 19 counts.
73.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Count Circle: Avg. of 3.

In the northern saw-whet owl the female may reach 150% of her non-breeding body mass while egg-laying! Females usually begin incubating with the first egg laid, resulting in a large size skew among young once all are hatched.

THE LITTLE OR ACADIAN OWL.
[Northern Saw-whet Owl.]
ULULA ACADICA, Gmel.
[Aegolius acadicus.] ...

Eastern Screech-Owl (PR)
Great Horned Owl (PR)
Barred Owl (PR)
Short-eared Owl (WR)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (V) ...

Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) ...

Northern Saw-whet Owl [en español]
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Pileated Woodpecker
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Red-tailed Hawk [en español]
Red-winged Blackbird [en español]
Ring-billed Gull
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Spotted Owl ...

Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
Long-eared Owl, Asio otus
Stygian Owl, Asio stygius (A)
Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
Brown Hawk-Owl, Ninox scutulata (A) ...

See also: Owl, Woodpecker, Fly, Flicker, Eagle