>>13537776Owls are birds, yes.
A 'bird' encompass any species of animal that is winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, and vertebrate.
Modern birds are characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton.
We cannot call an owl 'bird' in the same way that we cannot call a mouse 'rodent,' or a dalmatian 'dog.' An owl is a species of bird, and therefore has been given its own specific name, just as a mouse is a species of rodent, and a dalmatian is a species of dog.
