Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Strix
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens

Erin Sawa
Version: 1.0 — Published November 7, 2014

Breeding

Introduction

There is very little information on the reproductive biology of Fulvous Owl, other than the brief summary in Holt et al. (1992). Young are reported from May. Nests are made in natural tree cavities and typically contain 2-5 (mostly 2-3) white eggs that are incubated by the female for 28-30 days, starting with the first egg. Generally, male owls provide most of the food for the females and offspring.

Recommended Citation

Sawa, E. (2014). Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.fulowl1.01