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Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

Description:

The smallest owl in North America

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6 Comments

GeoffreyPalmer
GeoffreyPalmer 10 years ago

Thank you KarenL for making this a Fun fact, and thank you to everyone for their comments!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Fun fact! No larger than a house sparrow and weighing just 1.4 ounces, the diminutive elf owl is the world’s smallest owl. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...

EvelynWilson
EvelynWilson 10 years ago

Wow! I would love to find one of these!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Great find Geoffrey! Thanks for sharing.

ricardoshevaramirez
ricardoshevaramirez 11 years ago

Awww ma cute

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

NICE!!! My favorite North American Owl.

GeoffreyPalmer
Spotted by
GeoffreyPalmer

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Jul 7, 2010
Submitted on Oct 4, 2012

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