Short-eared Owl Identifying Features

Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
small ear tufts widely placed
usually flat against head
Photo by Pat Fisher
black patch on
underside of wing
buffy panel on top of wing
whitish face
yellow eyes
dark area surrounds eyes
black beak
Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
blackish brown stripe
on body feathers
Brown Phase
Photo courtesy Cascades Raptor Center
Gray Phase



(Photo of gray phase needed)