The barn owl's white coloring allows the bird to approach its prey without being detected, according to a new study. - Juanjo Negro The bird’s white reflective underside effectively mimics ...

Yet, freezing duration varied by barn owl plumage color and moon condition ... Délachaux & Niestlé. 328 pages. Roulin A. 2022. Die Schleiereule — Evolution und ökologie.

Females are often heavier than males and are somewhat showier, with a more reddish color and a more heavily spotted chest. Strictly nocturnal, barn owls hunt by flying slowly over open fields at ...

Not all barn owls have white underbellies, however; some have reddish-brown plumage instead. Negro said the research did not investigate hunting success in relation to plumage color, but earlier ...