In France there are 9 species of Owl and unlike the UK
they have a name prefix that divides owls with visible ear
tufts from those without visible ear tufts.
It seems even
most French people are unaware of this as they only learn
the name and not the reason why. Most of these owls have
other popular names including many of which that are
local.
Full list with names in French - Latin - English can be found here in PDF format you can save.
Chris
