Great Horned 

Animal Name: Great Horned Owl 

Kingdom: Anamalia  

Characteristics that place it here: 

• Feeds itself

• Relies on other organisms for nourishment 

• Moves, has own ways of transportation 

• Breathes 

• Has limbs 

• Multicelluar with specified eukaryotic cells    

Phylum: Chordata  

Characteristics that place it here: 

• has spinal chord bilaterally symmetrical bodies 

• has a spinal chord 

• at some point in their life cycle they have a pair of gill slits 

• complete digestive system 

• members often have a head, tail and digestive system with openings at both ends of their bodies 

Class: Aves   

Characteristics that place it here: 

• Horny beak, no teeth 

• Large, muscular birds 

• Feathers 

• includes all birds    

Order: Strigiformes 

Characteristics that place it here: 

• Sexes generally alike, except for their size

• Facial disc 

• Soft sub-fuse plumage 

• Legs, sometimes toes are feathered 

Family: Strigade 

Characteristics that place it here: 

• Nocturnal 

• Twisting head

• Soft plumage 

• Short beak 

Genius: Bubo Virginianus  

Characteristics that place it here: 

• Found in forests of North, Central, and South America, Artic regions in the North, and to the Straits oif Megellan in the South 

• Eats whole prey, the regurgitates some parts

• Does major hunting at night

Species: Bubo

Characteristics that place it here:

• Horn-like feathers on head

• Largest of all owls

• Most ferocious of all owls

• Eats small rodents, snakes    

Description: 

• The Great Horn likes to live in unsettled places like hardwoods, cliffs, and rocky canyons. 

• This animal spends most of its hunting

• Can see during the day, but has better vision at night time

• When owls eat, they eat the whole prey. Then they regergetate some food for their young.   

                                                        Poem

Every night when the moon is bright

I soar through the trees with everlasting ease 

Over-and-under I stay a flight

Looking for a prey that will bring delight

References:   Animal Diversity Web, January 10, 2001,  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/bubo/b._virginainus$narrative.html 

Description, January 17, 2001, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/bubo/b._virginainus$narrative.html