Tyto alba
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Do not handle injured or fallen birds bare-handed; the needle-sharp talons cause deep wounds. Keep out of nest sites in barns and ruins, as disturbance leads to abandoned young.
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White heart-shaped facial disc rimmed with a thin brown border
Eyes small and entirely black, whereas the little owl's are yellow and the eagle-owl's orange
Underparts almost unmarked white; back golden-buff speckled with pearly grey
No ear tufts; long feathered legs that dangle below the body in flight
Voice is a long rasping shriek, not a hoot; flight silent and buoyantly wavering
