The Desert Owl’s facial disc is described as ranging from sandy gray to off-white among specimens. It occurs in rocky deserts and uses crevices in cliffs, caves, and wadis for roosting or nesting. An Israeli pellet study found small rodents and insectivores among its prey.
Its facial disc ranges from sandy gray to off-white in the specimens described.
It uses rocky deserts, cliffs, ravines, and wadis, nesting or roosting in crevices. Pellets examined in Israel contained rodents and small insectivores.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.