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What’s the best criteria to sex Great Grey Owls?
Although the traditional measurements to determine gender in many owls, including the Great Grey Owls, are wing length, tarsus, bill and body mass, this study shows that the most reliable way to sex them (95% of correct sex determination in this study) is the combination of forearm (radius and ulna) from elbow to wrist, second claw and wing length. Based on the 83 individuals measured on this study, females were on average 147 mm forearm, 26,4 mm second claw and 457 mm wing length. On the other hand, males were on average 138 mm forearm, 23,6 mm second claw and 437 mm wing length. Forearm measurements had far less overlap than wing length measurements. Forearm length has been used to determine sex in raptors before, such as Eagle Owl and Booted Eagle. One of the reasons why the forearm is significantly longer in females could be that females require heavier preys and therefore stronger bone structure in the wings rather than longer feathers (Mikkola & Tornberg 2014, 2015). You to read the whole article here: Morphometric sex determination of Great Grey Owls | |||||
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