The little huhurez | Facts & Information

# The Little Huhurez | Facts & Information

The Little Huhurez | Discover Fascinating Facts and Information About The Little Huhurez

The lesser huhurez (Strix aluco), family: Strigidae, order: Strigiformes, is known throughout Europe; plumage color varies from Gray to reddish-brown. It is a skillful hunter, dives silently on the victim; it can catch the bat and in flight.

Age of leaving the nest: after 32-37 days.

The Little Huhurez

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Origin

In Central and Eastern Europe we meet it in mixed forests, dense, which offers enough old and hollow trees. It also appears in parks, cemeteries, even in cities, and can sometimes be seen on the roofs of houses.

He prefers the edge of fir forests, because towards the center of them he does not find enough food and not enough hollows. It appears to occur more frequently in areas with water sources, where lastaris rarely occurs in the forest.

In Europe, it has two close relatives: the large huhurezul (Strix uralensis) and the bearded huhurezul (Strix nebulosa), both of which are larger than it. Other names: the tawny owl, brown owl.

Feeding The Little Huhurezul

The little huhurez is a nocturnal bird, it hunts exclusively at night.

He waits quietly and patiently in his place of observation, and if he sees something he hovers silently due to the soft plumage.

It feeds on many species of small animals.

The nature of the prey depends on where it lives, in the forest it eats mostly small mammals, birds, bream and insects, and near human settlements small birds.

Features Small Huhurez

Among Owls, it can be said, that it is the best represented and widespread species in our country. Ciuhurezul, ciurlicul, tuvic, buha-mica has a wide variety of names depending on the interpretation given to the voice or "hu-hu" by man.

Because it lacks "horns", according to others" ears", it is sometimes said that it has the head" cat of the lamb "or otherwise" head of mata", that if it" whistles "at the edge of the forest it spoils the weather and again"to sing in woe throw bad weather, when it sings at the top it has good weather".

The Huhurezul indeed has a rotating head, large black eyes, the whole body being wrapped in a coat of brown-reddish or gray feathers depending on the individual's belonging to one of the two chromatic varieties.

On the back it is sprinkled with lighter spots at the coloration, on the chest and belly marked by darker stripes; the wings and tail are furrowed by dark striae.

Length: 37-39 cm. Body weight: 360-650 grams wingspan: 94-104 cm.