Chouette is a French word meaning "

owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...

", specifically owls without visible ear tufts. Owls with visible ear tufts are known as "Hibou". Chouette may also mean "nice" in French. ; Species of owl * Chouette D'Ussher, the

Rufous fishing owl The rufous fishing owl (''Scotopelia ussheri''), rufous-backed fishing-owl or Ussher's fishing owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to west Africa, where it is a highly localised resident along forest rivers. Taxonomy ...

(''Scotopelia ussheri'') ; Uses relating to owls * La chouette, a character portraying an owl in the opera ''

L'enfant et les sortilèges ''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first b ...

'' by French composer Maurice Ravel * "La chouette", a song by French composer Jeanne Herscher-Clément * ''La chouette'', a series of short CGI-animated episodes for children's television; see ''The Owl'' (TV series) * ''La chouette aveugle'', the original French name of ''The Blind Owl'' (film) of 1987 * La chouette d'or, a French treasure hunt created by Régis Hauser in 1993; see the Golden Owl quest * "La chouette hulotte" (the tawny owl), a piece for solo piano in ''

Catalogue d'oiseaux ''Catalogue d'oiseaux'' ("Catalogue of birds") is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen consisting of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod. Pr ...

'' (195658) by French composer

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

* ''Le cri de la chouette'', an autobiographical novel of 1972 by

Hervé Bazin Hervé Bazin (; 17 April 191117 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. Biography Bazin, born Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin in Angers, Maine ...

* ''Chouette'', a novel of 2021 by Claire Oshetsky * ''Girouette la chouette'', a children's book of 2007 by

Nicole Tourneur Nicole Tourneur (9 August 1950 – 14 May 2011) was a French novelist. Biography Born in Maisons-Alfort, Tourneur trained as an accountant. She lived in Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. ...

* ''Quand la chouette s'envole'', a 1979 publication of

Alexandre Astruc Alexandre Astruc (; 13July 192319May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. Biography Before becoming a film director, he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of th ...

; Other uses * Backgammon chouette, a variant of the game of backgammon for three or more players * Chouette Records, a US recording company * Éditions Chouette / Chouette Publishing, based in Montreal, Canada, known for children's books featuring

Caillou ''Caillou'' ( ; , stylized in lowercase) is an animated educational children's television series that aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions) with the first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997 until the fou ...

* GPSO 92 Issy, nicknamed ''Les Chouettes''

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