Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), Little owl (Athene noctua), mountain pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) and short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). Illustratio

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Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), Little owl (Athene noctua), mountain pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) and short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). Illustration from John James Audubon's 'Birds of America', original double elephant folio (1835-1838), hand-coloured aquatint.

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