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Short-Eared Owl - Asio flammeus - Velduil
Holarctis and South-America.
The following 11 subspecies are being recognized:
Asio flammeus flammeus - North-America, Europe, North-Asia and North-Africa;
Asio flammeus cubensis - Cuba;
Asio flammeus domingensis - Hispaniola;
Asio flammeus portoricensis - Puerto Rico;
Asio flammeus bogotensis - Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Northwest-Peru;
Asio flammeus galapagoensis - Galápagos Islands;
Asio flammeus pallidicaudus - North-Venezuela and Guyana;
Asio flammeus suinda - South-Peru to Bolivia, Southeast-Brazil and Tierra del Fuego;
Asio flammeus sanfordi - Falkland Islands;
Asio flammeus sandwichensis - Hawaiian Islands;
Asio flammeus ponapensis - Pohnpei Island (East-Caroline Islands).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.