The little Flammulated Owl looks a bit like a Screech Owl, but it’s actually the only member of its genus, Psiloscops. It was determined there were enough physical and genetic differences, as well as different vocalization patterns that it was removed from the genus Megascops that encompasses the screechies.
The Flammulated Owl also is migratory, unlike the Screech Owls. Their diet also mostly consists of insects, while screechies have a more diverse diet.
Bay Owls took that uncanny valley feel I had for Barn Owls up even higher. The extra large eyes set up so high cranks that alien factor up even more. I find them very creepy-cute at their normal size, but if you woke up at night to a chest high version of this at the foot of the bed, anyone would need new sheets!
Definitely!