It is also the world's smallest owl. The mean body weight of this species is 40 g (1.4 oz). These tiny owls are 12.5 to 14.5 cm (4.9 to 5.7 in) long and have a wingspan of about 27 cm (10.5 in).
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Elf owls are about the size of a sparrow, 5 inches tall. Their wingspan is 9 inches and it weighs 1 to 1.5 ounces.
Length: 4.7-5.5 in (12-14 cm) · Weight: 1.2-1.9 oz (35-55 g) · Wingspan: 13.0 in (33 cm).
It's hard to believe how small an Elf Owl really is—no larger than a juice box! It's the world's smallest raptor. Elf Owls rely on abandoned woodpecker cavities ...
This tiny owl stands only fourteen centimeters tall; that's about the size of a soda can! Its scientific name, Micrathene, actually means “the little owl” in ...
5 1/2" (14 cm). Our smallest owl. Tiny size, no "ear" tufts, short tail. Blurry streaks below, white eyebrows, white stripe above wing.
Appropriately named, this owl really is small, about the size of a sparrow! Elf Owls are secondary cavity-nesters—they rely on other species to carve out the ...
The 1.4-ounce Elf Owl is the smallest in North America: about the size of a sparrow and just as small as Peru's Long-whiskered Owlet.
One of the smallest owls in the world, about the size of a sparrow. Patterned with rufous, gray, and white. Most similar in plumage to Flammulated Owl.
Adult elf owls reach a length of only 5 inches – the size of a songbird – and their wingspan is just 9 inches long.