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15-636: Catchfools is a city in the Land of Barn Owls ( Italian : Paese dei Barbagianni ) where every animal in town has done something exceedingly foolish and now suffers as a result. The leader of the Land of Barn Owls is a young unseen emperor . Outside of the city is the so-called Field of Miracles ( Italian : Il campo dei Miracoli ). Pinocchio encounters The Fox and the Cat after leaving Mangiafuoco 's theatre with five gold coins. The Fox claims to know Pinocchio's father Geppetto and proposes to Pinocchio to visit

30-415: A few narrow, dark bars. Their tarsi, or leg/foot bones, are relatively short and fully feathered to the joint. Their toes are yellowish-brown with pale claws. Their throat has a creamy colour and their underparts are often a pale yellowish-brown, with speckles of blackish-brown. The bay owls can be found in regions from India to Southeast Asia and Indonesia. It is uncertain where their ancestors lived as

45-462: A grain of wheat, large butterflies unable to use their wings because they sold all their lovely colors, tailless peacocks ashamed to show themselves, and bedraggled pheasants scuttling away hurriedly and grieving for their bright feathers of gold and silver lost to them forever. Out of those paupers and beggars, Pinocchio also sees that there are beautiful coaches containing either foxes , thieving magpies , or nasty birds of prey . Upon reaching

60-554: A single species known as barn owl or common barn owl : Western barn owl Tyto alba , from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East American barn owl Tyto furcata , from the Americas Eastern barn owl Tyto javanica , from southeast Asia and Australasia Andaman masked owl Tyto deroepstorffi endemic to the southern Andaman Islands New Caledonian barn owl Tyto letocarti , extinct, from

75-410: Is a member of the genus Tyto . Although bay owls are typically smaller at 22–29 cm (8.7–11.4 in) long, they bear some resemblance to the barn owls. Other characteristics of the bay owl are groupings of feathers that resemble ears, and a divided face disk. Bay owls have also been described as having U-or V-shaped faces. The wings are rounded; they and their tail are chestnut-brown, with

90-475: Is described as a district in the northern edge of Venice that houses the city's Abatonian slaves. Barn-owl (Redirected from Barn-owl ) Common cosmopolitan owl genus This article is about the widespread barn owl species. For the band, see Barn Owl (band) . For the place in Siberia, see Barnaul . The barn owls ( Tyto species, particularly Tyto alba ) are

105-486: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Phodilus The bay owls ( Phodilus ) are a genus of Old World owls in the family Tytonidae . The defining characteristics of bay owls are their smaller bodies, in comparison to the barn owls Tyto in the same family, and their U- or V-shaped faces. These owls can be found across southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia within forest and grassland ecosystems. The genus Phodilus

120-522: The jailers when the Emperor declares a celebration following his army's victory over the town's enemies. Upon being released by stating to the jailer that he is a criminal, Pinocchio leaves Catchfools and heads back to The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 's house in the forest. Catchfools is a location in John Claude Bemis' 2016 science fiction novel Out of Abaton, Book 1, The Wooden Prince . It

135-503: The Catchfools courthouse to report the theft of the coins to a gorilla judge . Although he is moved by Pinocchio's plea, the judge sentences Pinocchio to four months in prison for the crime of "foolishness." Pinocchio is taken away by two Mastiff Gendarmerie that the judge summoned and held their hands over Pinocchio's mouth to save time. Fortunately for Pinocchio who spends some time in prison, all criminals are released early by

150-507: The Field of Miracles, Pinocchio buries his coins, uses water from the canal to pour over it, and then leaves for the "twenty minutes" that it will take for his gold to grow. After Pinocchio leaves, the Fox and the Cat dig up the coins and run away. Once Pinocchio returns, he learns of the Fox and the Cat's treachery from a parrot who mocks Pinocchio for falling for their tricks. Pinocchio rushes to

165-542: The Land of Barn Owls ( Italian : Paese dei Barbagianni ) and thence to a Field of Miracles, where coins can be grown into a money-producing tree. They convince him that if he plants his coins in the field, they will grow into a tree with gold coins. Pinocchio finally reaches Catchfools with the Fox and the Cat. As he travels through the streets of Catchfools, Pinocchio sees that the streets are filled with hairless dogs yawning from hunger, sheared sheep trembling with cold, chickens with no combs and wattles begging for

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180-682: The island of New Caledonia in Melanesia [REDACTED] Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name). If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barn_owl&oldid=1259495641 " Categories : Set index articles on animal common names Tytonidae Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

195-541: The most widely distributed group of owls in the world. They are medium-sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. The term may be used to describe: The whole family Tytonidae , though this also includes the bay owls in the genus Phodilus Tyto , the largest genus of birds in Tytonidae, and particularly these species in that genus: Three species that are sometimes considered to be

210-427: The phylogeny of all species of bay owls has not been examined. These owls can be found in both forests and grasslands, but are fairly scattered in their distribution. However, their primary habitat is within dense evergreen forests, where the owls may roost during the day in the opening of tree trunks or branches sheltered by palm tree leaves. They are often found roosting no more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in) off

225-621: Was described by the French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1830. Most taxonomists include two extant species in the genus; a third formerly included has now been transferred to Tyto . The name is from the Ancient Greek phōs for "light" or "daylight" and deilos for "timid" or "cowardly". The Itombwe owl ( Tyto prigoginei ) was formerly classified in this genus as the Congo bay owl, but morphological evidence shows that it

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