Boreal owl
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This article is about the owl species. For the women's national football team of Finland, see The Boreal Owls.
The boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) or Tengmalm's owl is a small owl in the "true owl" family Strigidae. It is known as the boreal owl in North America and as Tengmalm's owl in Europe after Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm or, more rarely, Richardson's owl after Sir John Richardson.[3][4]
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Boreal owl | |
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Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Aegolius |
Species: | A. funereus |
Binomial name | |
Aegolius funereus | |
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Range of A. funereus
Resident Non-breeding | |
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Due to the boreal owl's shyness and evasive reaction to human activities, nocturnal habits and preferred inaccessible taiga forest habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.