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une chouette

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or 'un hibou'

Chouette and Hibou are two distinct species of Birds of Prey.
They can be distinguished by the presence of a feather on the head. (a Chouette has no feather on its head).
So , the answer Franc91 gave is not "ornithologycly" (I like inventing words) correct.
Actually, French do not make the difference of gender with some animals : owls (and generally birds), Turtles...... Une chouette (feminine word) will be used for the male and the female. However, French also make the mistake (who knows the difference between une chouette and un hibou !?? - I didn't know myself before looking at Wikipedia). So what the ......

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