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One of the world’s most widely distributed owl species, the short-eared owl can be found on every continent, sans Australia and Antarctica. They prefer to inhabit dunes, grasslands, heathlands, agricultural areas, savannas, prairies, marshes, meadows, and tundra. With an estimated global population of 2,100,000, these owls are listed as Least […]

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