Is an owl a mammal?

An owl is not a mammal, it is an egg-laying animal. Most of them are nocturnal animals, and they are color-blind, and they are the only birds that cannot distinguish between colors. What are their living habits?

The living habits of owls

1. food

Owls eat mainly rats, but also eat insects, birds, lizards, fish and other animals. When eating, they often swallow it whole, when they can integrate the indigestible bones, feathers, hair, chitin and other residues in the food into small balls and spit them out through the esophagus and mouth.

two。 Perch

Owls often inhabit various habitats such as low mountains, hills, tundra, deserts, plains, swamps, lake shores and grasslands, especially in open plain grasslands, swamps and lake shores.

3. Reproduction

Owls are usually paired with a male and a female, but some species, such as ghost owls, are paired with multiple males and females. Their reproduction usually lasts from March to May-June, and some of them begin in January. In addition, owls have a variable number of eggs in a litter, larger ones lay fewer eggs, while smaller species usually lay more eggs.

Although owls are color-blind, their vision is indeed very sharp, so they can catch their prey quickly and accurately even in the dark night.