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Considered to be one of the largest owls in the world, the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is an impressive and majestic bird, with distinctive, prominent ear-tufts, a barrel-shaped body, and vivid orange eyes. The Eurasian eagle-owl’s plumage is buffy-brown and heavily mottled and streaked with black, with paler underparts and fine barring on the belly and flanks. The wings and tail are marked with dark bars. The throat is white and is used in intraspecific communication, as a visual signal associated with vocal displays. The Eurasian eagle-owl’s ‘facial disc’, the flat or concave arrangement of feathers on the face which is typical of owls, is greyish , and is less developed than in many other owl species. The beak is black, and the legs and large, powerful toes are covered with buffy-whi
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