Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
French: Grand-duc d’Europe German: Uhu Spanish: Búho Real
Other common names: Common/Great/Northern Eagle-owl
Taxonomy:
Strix Bubo Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms superspecies with B. bengalensis and B. ascalaphus, with B. virginianus (including recently separated B. magellanicus) and B. capensis sometimes considered part of same group. Sometimes considered to include first two as races; appears to intergrade with B. ascalaphus in parts of Middle East, suggesting that conspecificity perhaps not impossible. Geographical boundaries of races obscured throughout by intergrading populations. Large number of additional races named, some representing no more than individual variation or intermediates: e.g. popul.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Strix Bubo Linnaeus,1758. Sweden.
Forms superspecies with B. bengalensis and B. ascalaphus, with B. virginianus (including recently separated B. magellanicus) and B. capensis sometimes considered part of same group. Sometimes considered to include first two as races; appears to intergrade with B. ascalaphus in parts of Middle East, suggesting that conspecificity perhaps not impossible. Geographical boundaries of races obscured throughout by intergrading populations. Large number of additional races named, some representing no more than individual variation or intermediates: e.g. populations described from Bashkirskaya (baschkiricus) included in sibiricus; from L Zaysan region (zaissanensis) in yenisseensis; from NW Xinjiang (tarimensis) in turcomanus; from C Tibet and NW China (tibetanus) in hemachalana; from N Mongolia (dauricus) and Sakhalin (borissowi) in ussuriensis; from SE Yunnan (jarlandi), Sichuan (setschuanus), Manchuria and N China (inexpectatus) in kiautschensis; and from S Kurils, Hokkaido and Korea (tenuipes) split between ussuriensis and kiautschensis. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Forms superspecies with B. bengalensis and B. ascalaphus, with B. virginianus (including recently separated B. magellanicus) and B. capensis sometimes considered part of same group. Sometimes considered to include first two as races; appears to intergrade with B. ascalaphus in parts of Middle East, suggesting that conspecificity perhaps not impossible. Geographical boundaries of races obscured throughout by intergrading populations. Large number of additional races named, some representing no more than individual variation or intermediates: e.g. populations described from Bashkirskaya (baschkiricus) included in sibiricus; from L Zaysan region (zaissanensis) in yenisseensis; from NW Xinjiang (tarimensis) in turcomanus; from C Tibet and NW China (tibetanus) in hemachalana; from N Mongolia (dauricus) and Sakhalin (borissowi) in ussuriensis; from SE Yunnan (jarlandi), Sichuan (setschuanus), Manchuria and N China (inexpectatus) in kiautschensis; and from S Kurils, Hokkaido and Korea (tenuipes) split between ussuriensis and kiautschensis. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hispanus Rothschild & Hartert, 1910 - Iberian Peninsula; formerly also Atlas Mts in NW Africa (probably extinct).
- bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe from N Spain and Scandinavia E to W Russia (E to about Gor’kiy).
- ruthenus Buturlin & Zhitkov, 1906 - C European Russia E to foothills of Ural Mts, S to lower Volga basin.
- hispanus Rothschild & Hartert, 1910 - Iberian Peninsula; formerly also Atlas Mts in NW Africa (probably extinct).
- bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe from N Spain and Scandinavia E to W Russia (E to about Gor’kiy).
- ruthenus Buturlin & Zhitkov, 1906 - C European Russia E to foothills of Ural Mts, S to lower Volga basin.
- interpositus Rothschild & Hartert, 1910 - from Romania and S Ukraine E to Volga delta, S to Middle East (S to C Israel and Jordan) and NW Iran.
- sibiricus (Gloger, 1833) - from W foothills of Urals E to R Ob, S to W Altai.
- yenisseensis Buturlin, 1911 - C Siberia from R Ob to L Baikal, S to Altai and N Mongolia.
- turcomanus (Eversmann, 1835) - steppes between lower R Volga and R Ural, E to Transbaikalia, and S to Kazakhstan, extreme NW China (Tarim Basin in NW Xinjiang) and W Mongolia.
- omissus Dementiev, 1932 - Turkmeniya to W China (Chinese Turkestan).
- hemachalana Hume, 1873 - from Pamirs and N Tien Shan S to Himalayas.
- nikolskii Zarudny, 1905 - E Iraq and Iran, Afghanistan, and N & W Pakistan.
- jakutensis Buturlin, 1908 - NE Siberia.
- ussuriensis Poljakov, 1915 - SE Siberia to NE China, Sakhalin, N Hokkaido and S Kuril Is.
- kiautschensis Reichenow, 1903 - from W & C China (S to Yunnan and Sichuan) E to Korea.
- swinhoei Hartert, 1913 - SE China.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of a bird arriving to a perch and then flying away Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 1 year ago 28 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird on a rock Entrepeñas, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (hispanus)
Javier Ortas 28 April 2008 1 year ago 23 sec 4.1 -
Chicks at the nest Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 24 April 2005 49 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A male bird singing at sunset. Navarre, Spain (hispanus)
Dc.Owl 20 September 2008 14 weeks ago 36 sec 3.8 -
Two birds perched. Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany (sibiricus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 March 2008 43 weeks ago 26 sec 3.3 -
A male bird at sunset. Navarre, Spain (hispanus)
Dc.Owl 1 October 2008 14 weeks ago 36 sec 3
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Pair of chicks stay close to nest during fledging Portilla del Tietar, Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 21 April 2009 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bubo bubo hispanus Murcia, Spain (hispanus)
Conrado Requena Az... 24 March 2009 5 weeks ago 3.3 -
A female with erecting ear-tufs at sunset Navarre, Spain (hispanus)
Dc.Owl 7 September 2008 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird in the little zoo in Jandia Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 11 November 2009 10 weeks ago 3 -
Portrait of an adult bird. Madrid Zoo, Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 9 September 2006 49 weeks ago 3 -
Male at day roosting Navarre, Spain (hispanus)
Dc.Owl 29 March 2008 1 year ago 3
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