From Roy Howard

The Fulvous Owl (Strix fulvescens) found in cloud forests of Guatemala, Honduras and Oaxaca. Sometimes called the Guatemalan Barred Owl. Its range does not extend north of Chiapas Mexico. We found it at dusk. What an awesomely cool way to conclude the day.

Fulvous is a neat sounding word, but it just means dull brown. 🥱

Now, what is a cloud forest, you ask?

Short answer: somewhat like a rainforest, but the precipitation comes from low level clouds filtering through the trees.

Long Answer

  • You@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Fulvous is a neat sounding word, but it just means dull brown. 🥱

    I beg to differ - that beautiful plumage is not dull. And I have to admit that the pictures made me look it up and this is what I found on wiktionary

    fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. glowing

    2. (poetic) the glowing, saturated color of bronze, of gold, of the coat of animals like lions and eagles, of sand, of earth, of chalcedony, etc.: approximately fulvous, but in some cases verdant; essentially, “when bronze meets light”