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Great Grey Owl

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Great Grey Owl

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Also known as Strix nebulosa

species of bird

AI overview

A Great Grey Owl is a large owl species found in forests across the Northern Hemisphere, known for its distinctive grey plumage and impressive hunting abilities. These owls are important predators in their ecosystems, helping to control populations of small mammals and rodents.

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Great Gray Owl

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Encyclopedic overview

The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Great Grey Owl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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