Owl species

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, alex fox <trinity61us at y...> wrote:
> 
>  
>  Anne <urbana at c...> wrote:
> <So, does anyone know what kind of 
> <owl Pigwidgeon is? 
> 
> Though there is no canon to support this, IMO, Pig is an Elf owl,
the smallest owl in the world. Five and a half inches long, about an
ounce and a half, it would be the right size. A Scops owl is mentioned
in one of the books, but they have large ear tufts and look weird.
Well, maybe...!
> 
> Alex, Lucius' #1 uber-fan!

bboy_mn:

I've never heard of Elf owls, but there is a type of Pygmy owl that is
native to Europe. As far as Scops owls, I lead to believe there are
several types, I speculate that some of them may not be so distinctive
and they are very small. There is also an owl called Little Owl
(Athene noctua).

I stand corrected, as I was writing, I did some research and there are
Elf owls, but I think they are native to North America. From the
information I can find the Pygmy is the Euro equivalent of the Elf

http://www.owlpages.com/european_owls.html

http://home.arcor.de/mkirk/owls_europe.htm


Just a thought.

bboy_mn