Close up photos of the different types of Barn Owl feathers.
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- About 90% of UK Barn Owls can be sexed by their feathers. Males are generally paler and females darker.
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- Hair-like feathers above beak
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- Hair-like facial disk feathers
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- Breast feather
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- The tails of two nestlings: darker female on the left, extremely pale male on the right.
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- Soft wing feather
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- Feathers around ear opening
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- Adult body feathers above, nestling fluff below
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- Leading edge ‘hooks’
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- Fluffy body feather
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- Feathers with scale bar
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- Primary feather at roost site
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Thanks to photographer Melanie Lindenthal for her beautifully detailed Barn Owl feather photos.