barn owl
Pale nocturnal raptor
A barn owl is a pale, heart-faced owl found on every continent except Antarctica.
Named for its habit of nesting in barns and other structures, it hunts rodents at night with exceptional hearing.
The barn owl's ghostly appearance and eerie shriek have made it a fixture in folklore about haunted places.
Bird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- talonsHooked bird claws
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
nesting · eggs · fledgling · roost · perch · avian · ornithology · raptor
Dwelling on agricultural land
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- haystackPiled dried grass
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
farmland · grassland · meadow · church tower · steeple · bell tower · nest box · hollow tree
Absence of pigment
- paleLacking color intensity
- screechHigh, harsh cry
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- eerieDisturbingly strange
spectral · haunting · ethereal · folklore · superstition · omen · banshee · legends
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- darknessTotal absence of light
hunting · starlight · gloaming · midnight · crepuscular · eventide · night vision · roosting
Animal being hunted
capture · mice · voles · ambush · stalking · silent flight · hovering · quartering
Secret, undetected movement
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- silent flightMovement through air unheard
- noiselessProducing no sound
soft feathers · downy · muffled · undetected · hushed · inaudible
feathers
Bird's lightweight covering
wingspan · nesting · eggs · fledgling · roost · perch · avian · ornithology · raptor · birdwatching
farmhouse
Dwelling on agricultural land
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- haystackPiled dried grass
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
pasture · farmland · grassland · meadow · church tower · steeple · bell tower · nest box · hollow tree · outbuilding
white
Absence of pigment
eerie · spectral · haunting · ethereal · folklore · superstition · omen · banshee · legends · mythology
nighttime
Dark hours between dusk and dawn
darkness · hunting · starlight · gloaming · midnight · crepuscular · eventide · night vision · roosting · dawn
prey
Animal being hunted
pounce · capture · mice · voles · ambush · stalking · silent flight · hovering · quartering · listening
stealth
Secret, undetected movement
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- silent flightMovement through air unheard
soft feathers · noiseless · downy · muffled · undetected · hushed · inaudible
- European wildlifegrey wolf, red squirrel, brown hare, wild cat, mouflon
- nocturnal flyersbat, moth, nightjar, nighthawk, luna moth
- owlsowls, horned owls, white owls
- Hungarian wildlifered deer, roe deer, wild boar, red fox, badger
- Irish Wildlifered deer, red fox, badger, otter, pine marten
- Barn Owls
barn owleagle
Large predatory bird
golden eagle · bald eagle · hawk · peregrine falcon · falcon
barn, owl, nocturnal, owlet, owling, owlish, owllike, owlishness, owlery