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The great horned owl is named for its distinctive tufts of feathers.
Ear tufts are a collection of fur or feathers found on animals which can resemble an animal's ear or is near the animal's ear.
Eartufts are a collection of fur or feathers found on animals which can resemble an animal's ear or is near the animal's ear. Eartufts are not found...
common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), also called white-tufted marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset, is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the...
specific tufts of feathers on a bird, for example a pectoral tuft Ungual tufts, groups of hairs at the base of an animal's claws Toe tuft, on cats Eartuft, fur...
This very large nightjar has long barred wings, a barred tail and long ear-tufts which are often recumbent. It has a white throat band but has no white...
It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tuftedears, relatively short tail, and long canine teeth. Its coat is uniformly...
it may, for this reason, be known as the South American Rumpless. Both eartufts and rumplessness are caused by lethal genes, so not all birds display...
largest living Strigiformes are in Bubo. Traditionally, only owls with ear-tufts were included in this genus, but that is no longer the case. The genus...
tropical species with eartufts, the stygian owl (A. stygius) and striped owl (A. clamator), are much smaller. Other large owls lack eartufts. The breeding habitat...
refers to several species of owls of genus Strix, with a round face and no ear-tufts Spotted wood owl, Strix seloputo Mottled wood owl, Strix ocellata Brown...
its colouration is white and has the prominent eartufts of the genus, not because it has white ears. The indigenous people of Himalaya call it shagga...
Japanese scops-owls have a grey-brown plumage, red eyes, and prominent eartufts. They resides in forests, woodlands, and mountains. They are carnivorous...
large size, lack of "ear" tufts and the concentric barring on the face make them easy to identify. This large owl lacks eartufts and is mottled and vermiculated...
selection pressures for similar qualities. Thick, long coats, toe and eartufts, big bodies, and snowshoe-like big feet, are useful traits in all the...
tailed, muffed and bearded, whereas the Araucana in the United States has eartufts and is rumpless. The earlobes are small and round, the wattles small or...
that grow as part of ears of corn (maize); the tuft or tassel of silky fibers that protrude from the tip of the ear of corn. The ear is enclosed in modified...
skin during the non-breeding season. Breeding birds have a short white eartuft. In some plumages it has a white throat but the white is restricted below...
ear-tufts (a prominent distinguishing feature of this species) between August and November. A lighter, redder overall coat colour, along with the ear-tufts...
is typical of the genus. They have a large, round head with prominent eartufts, yellow eyes, and a yellowish beak, which measures on average 1.45 cm...
(Otus bakkamoena) and oriental scops owl (Otus sunia), it does not have ear-tufts and its facial disc is only weakly defined. The general colour of this...
than the little owl (Athene noctua). It perches upright and shows small ear-tufts. The plumage is predominantly grey-brown in colour, with a paler face...
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