Welcome to another skull post of mine. I’m sorry for the delay, I’m still very busy with work and different art projects. But here we go! Some bird skulls look like each other or are very similar. Especially skulls of song birds are a pain for me, but I know the characteristics of an owl and a bird of prey skull. It isn’t always easy, but if you read this post you should be able to tell these skulls apart. Please read on after the cut.
Before you start looking at something you should know a few things about the animals itself. Both, owls and birds of prey are predators and eat other animals, so both of them have a hard bended beak. A typical sign for “meat eater” so you can tell them apart of song birds.
From the left to the right: Long-eared owl and buzzard. |
Oviraptor skull. Even some dinosaurs had these sclerotic rings. |
I can’t help myself but the whole shape of an owl skull looks different to me.
From the left to the right: Buzzard and long-eared owl. |
From the left to the right: Long-eared owl and buzzard. |
From the left to the right: Long-eared owl and buzzard. |
If you know the name of that bone, please tell me.
Well, as non-native English speaker it wasn’t easy to write these things down, but I hope you still learned a bit by now. Maybe there are more differences about these skulls, but I think I named you the most obvious ones. If you have any more information please feel free to tell me.
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