1. Elf Owl
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2. The scientific name
The scientific name for the elf owl is Micrathene Whitneyi
The common name is the same as the scientific name

3. The Characteristics
The characteristics for the elf owl are a short tail, A V shape white strip above their eyes, and reddish brown coloring with a vertically striped, Buff colored breast

4. How big are they?
Elf Owls are about 5 inches long. If they are spread out their wings their are about 15 inches wide.1 and a half oz

5. habitat
The Elf Owl lives in deserts that are overgrown with cacti. They live in canyons, and on mountain slopes, ha

6. Its migration

7. What does it eat?
They eat insects, spiders, scorpions, and beetles

8. How does it hunt

9. What does it hunt

10. How many eggs it lays?
The female Elf Owl lays between 1 and 5 white eggs once a year. The eggs hatch in 24 days.

11. How many egg they lay a year

12. How does it get make it around the word

13. What do they look like?
Elf Owls have a small round head and a short tail. They are mostly brown with white spots on their bellies and wing edges. They have yellow eyes.

14. How long do they stay in there nest?
Their nests are in holes in trees, in telephone electricity poles, or in big cactuses. Ouch! The young birds stay in the nest for 28 days

15. When do they hunt?
They hunt during the night

16. What kind of place do they like to live in
What kind of place do they like to live in? They like low desert places, bottom of mountains, and canyons.