Summary ²

The Barred Owl, Strix varia, is a large typical owl. It goes by many other names, including eight hooter, rain owl, wood owl, and striped owl, but is probably known best as the hoot owl.

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1. (c) Jason Means, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/10996264@N00/1570556595
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_varia

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