Why do male eagle-owls select the highest points in the territory from which to sing?
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to be heard at greater distances / avoids physical confrontations where territories meet
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Why do male eagle-owls select the highest points in the territory from which to sing?
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Why do male eagle-owls select the highest points in the territory from which to sing?
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to be heard at greater distances / avoids physical confrontations where territories meet
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Eurasian eagle-owl - Wikipedia ritory size is similar or occasionally slightly greater than great horned owl: averaging 15 to 80 km2 (5.8 to 30.9 sq mi).[8][104] Territories are established by the male eagle-owl, who select the highest points in the territory from which to sing. <span>The high prominence of singing perches allows their song to be heard at greater distances and lessens the need for potentially dangerous physical confrontations in the areas where territories may meet.[100] Nearly as important in territorial behaviour as vocalization is the white throat patch. When taxidermied specimens with flared white throats were placed around the perimeter of eagle-ow
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