Pictures from Birds of the World

After listing all the different eagle owls, I decided to look up some of them I wasn’t familiar with.

This big owl is considered the 6th largest in the world at 50 to 65 cm (20 to 26 in).

Their long eyebrows give them a unique look annoying among the eagle owls.

Known as the “Devil Bird” in Sri Lankan mythology, its call terrifies people by its human like scream sound. This video tells the legend and has the shriek. Skip to about 3:20 to hear the sound. The myth is pretty gory and twisted. Skip the 1:40-2:10 part if you don’t want to hear that bit.

    • anon6789OP
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      66 months ago

      Thanks, I always forget you can do this!

      • TWeaK
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        46 months ago

        Yep! What’s annoying is that YouTube have started adding tracking links when you share, those parts need to be trimmed out.

        • anon6789OP
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          46 months ago

          I miss the “Don’t be evil” era of Google…

  • TWeaK
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    46 months ago

    Their long eyebrows give them a unique look annoying the eagle owls.

    Plumicorns! Technically, that word only applies to the “eyebrows” of Great Horned Owls, but dammit it needs to be used for all of them!

    • anon6789OP
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      36 months ago

      The lower plumes!

    • anon6789OP
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      36 months ago

      Lol that wasn’t supposed to say “annoying,” but that is a funny replacement!

      • TWeaK
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        36 months ago

        I didn’t really notice it as a mistake lol they do look quite annoyed sometimes!

        • anon6789OP
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          36 months ago

          Those other owls can be such haters sometimes! 😆