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Specimen information:

Catalog number: MZB 2011-1132
Scientific name : Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)
Common name: barn owl
Element: pelvis
Location: Torelló
Collecting date: 26/06/2011
Sex: female
Acquisition source: CRFS Torreferrussa
Acquisition Date: 21/07/2011
Biometrics - pelvis: Width 40.1mm X Depth 25.4mm

Information about the species:

Chordata ,Vertebrata ,Aves ,Strigiformes ,Tytonidae ,Tyto ,Tyto alba

Description:

The Barn Owl is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small mammals such as mice, moles, shrews, hares and rabbits. Its skull is rounded, with a pronounced frontal bone. Its orbits face forward and so provide it with excellent binocular vision for hunting. However, it has to turn its head to look sideways as the sclerotic rings are placed inside the sclera and prevent the eye from rotating.