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Image of barn owl face.
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Barn owls are highly nocturnal birds with a heart-shaped face. They love to eat mice. Most nests are in grain elevators, old barns, and similar places.
Image of eastern screech-owl, gray phase
Eastern Screech-Owl
Otus asio
This owl—which really doesn’t “screech”—can be gray, brown or red, but in Missouri you can verify your identification by noting its small size, yellow eyes and prominent ear tufts.
Image of long-eared owl.
Long-Eared Owl
Asio otus
The long-eared owl is strictly nocturnal and highly secretive by day. This crow-sized owl hunts over open country at night.
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
The northern saw-whet owl is the most nocturnal of our owls. On the rare occasions it is seen, it is usually perched near the ground in dense cover or in the entrance of a tree cavity.
Photo of an eastern whip-poor-will crouching on leaf litter.
Eastern Whip-Poor-Will
Antrostomus vociferus (formerly Caprimulgus vociferus)
Although many people hear the evening calls of whip-poor-wills, few ever see these birds because by day they crouch on the ground amid fallen leaves, where they are perfectly camouflaged.