Eating, owls eat any small animals they can catch. Among their diet are insects and other small invertebrates, fish, frogs, snakes, birds, mice, etc.

The total number of owls (the collective name for owl-shaped birds) exceeds 130 species. Found on all continents except Antarctica. Most species are nocturnal carnivores, and their food is mainly rodents, but they also eat insects, birds, lizards, fish and other animals. Birds of this order have broad heads, short and thick beaks with a hook-shaped front end, and the feathers on the front of the head are arranged into a facial disk. Some species have ear-shaped feathers. The distribution of the eyes, facial disk and ear feathers make the head of this bird very similar to that of a cat, so it is commonly known as an owl. Also known as the God Cat Eagle.

Subject classification:

The order is divided into 3 families:, Grass Owl family and Owl "chīxiāo" family. The original family Owlidae is extinct; there are 10 species of Grass Owl in the world and 3 species in China; there are 126 species of Owlidae in the world and 24 species in China, such as eagle owl, owl, long-eared owl, etc. All species of the Chinese owl order are national second-level protected animals.

Extended information:

All owls in China are national second-level protected animals, and hunting owls is illegal.

Related cases: A man who set up a "Skynet" to hunt 4 owls was sentenced

A man secretly set up a "Skynet" to hunt wild animals, but unexpectedly he fell into the law. On April 8, the People's Court of Wuning County, Jiangxi Province sentenced the defendant Zhu to 2 years in prison, suspended for 3 years, and a fine of 20,000 yuan for illegal hunting of rare and endangered wild animals.

Around October 2013, Zhu secretly set up a "skynet" on the edge of the field behind his house to hunt wild animals without applying for a hunting license. At about 9 o'clock on December 23 of that year, Zhu hunted 4 terrestrial birds. After identification, the four terrestrial birds are all owls (commonly known as owls), which are national second-level key protected wild animals. On the same day, Zhu was captured by the forest police when he was preparing to sell. The four owls were detained on the spot and released the next day.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Owls

People's Daily Online - Man who set up "Skynet" for hunting 4 owls was sentenced