Athene noctua
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Small but the talons and bill still injure; do not handle injured birds bare-handed. Do not open nest holes in walls or trees.
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Bigger than a sparrow, smaller than a pigeon, with a low flat-topped head and no ear tufts
White brows above the yellow eyes give a permanently frowning expression
Coarse white spots on brown, with finer white streaks and spots over the crown
When alarmed it bobs its whole body up and down and sways from side to side
Often perches upright on wires, stone walls and posts in broad daylight; the one owl commonly seen by day in Turkey
