What do you call the kind of owl that makes a shrill, trembling cry?
| SCREECH OWL | 694 |
| HOOT OWL | 183 |
| NR | 75 |
| SCROOCH OWL | 25 |
| SCRITCH OWL | 14 |
| NH | 10 |
| SHIVERING OWL | 10 |
| HOOTIN’ OWL | 7 |
| NIGHT OWL | 7 |
| SQUINCH OWL | 7 |
| BARN OWL | 6 |
| SQUEECH OWL | 5 |
| SHRIEK OWL | 4 |
| HOO OWL | 3 |
| HOOPING OWL | 3 |
| OWL | 3 |
| SAW-WHET OWL | 3 |
| SCREECHING OWL | 3 |
| BARRED OWL | 2 |
| BOOBY OWL | 2 |
| DEATH OWL | 2 |
| SCRINCH OWL | 2 |
| ACADIAN OWL | 1 |
| BROAD-FACED CHICK | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA SCREECH OWL | 1 |
| CAT OWL | 1 |
| COO-COO | 1 |
| FLUTTER OWL | 1 |
| GRAVEYARD OWL | 1 |
| HAWK OWL | 1 |
| HOO-HOO OWL | 1 |
| HOOTING OWL | 1 |
| HORNED OWL | 1 |
| HORNING OWL | 1 |
| LITTLE HOOT OWL | 1 |
| NACHT OWL | 1 |
| PIGEON OWL | 1 |
| QUINCH OWL | 1 |
| RUFOUS OWL | 1 |
| SCOOCH OWL | 1 |
| SCREECHER | 1 |
| SCREECHIN’ OWL | 1 |
| SHIMMERING OWL | 1 |
| SHIVER OWL | 1 |
| SMALL BROWN OWL | 1 |
| SNOWY OWL | 1 |
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