Strigiformes: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family
Genus
Species
Scientific Name: Strigiformes

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Owls

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.

Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae, and the barn owl and bay owl family, Tytonidae. Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except the polar ice caps and some remote islands.

A group of owls is called a "parliament".

Strigiformes in languages:

Afrikaans: Uile
Basque: Hontz
Belarusian: Совападобныя
Bokmål: Ugler
Bulgarian: Совоподобни
Chinese: 鴞形目
Czech: sovy
Danish: Ugler
Dutch: Uilen
English: Owls
Estonian: Kakulised
Finnish: pöllölinnut
French: Hiboux, Chouettes et apparentés
German: Eulen
Hebrew: דורסי לילה
Hungarian: Bagolyalakúak
Indonesian: Burung Hantu
Italian: Strigiformi
Japanese: フクロウ目
Kannada: ಗೂಬೆ
Kannada: ಗೂಗೆ
Korean: 올빼미목
Latvian: Pūčveidīgie
Lithuanian: Pelėdiniai paukščiai
Modern Greek: γλαύκα
Polish: Sowy
Portuguese: Corujas
Russian: Совообразные
Russian: Совы
Sinhala: බකමූණන්
Slovene: sove
Swedish: ugglefåglar
Thai: นกเค้า นกแสก
Turkish: Baykuşlar
Ukrainian: Совоподібні
Ukrainian: Сови

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Parent Taxon

Aves

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