Owls In A Russian Zoo. Stock Photo

Owls in a Russian zoo. Owls (lat. Strigiformes, Striges, or) — detachment of birds of prey, including more than 420 of large and medium-sized species, mostly nocturnal birds, common in all countries of the world. The detachment of two families: owls, or true owls, and sipphone, but taxonomy in the Sibley-Alquist in the squad placed all family squad custoemrs (Caprimulgiformes). Brief characteristics: large head, large round eyes in the front of the head, beak short, predatory. It hunts at night, feathers soft, flight noiseless, claws long and sharp, color masking.