Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) - HBW 5, p. 203
French: Chouette lapone
German: Bartkauz
Spanish: Cárabo Lapón
Other common names: Dark Wood-owl; Lapland Owl/Striped Owl, Lapp Striped Owl (lapponica)
Taxonomy: Strix nebulosa J. R. Forster, 1772, northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Affinities uncertain. Population from Kentei Mts, in N Mongolia has been separated as elisabethae, but doubtfully separable from lapponica. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nebulosa J. R. Forster, 1772 - North America, from C Alaska E to SW Quebec, S to EC California, N Idaho and NE Minnesota.
- lapponica Thunberg, 1798 - Eurasia, from Fenno-Scandia E to W Koryakland, S to Lithuania, N Mongolia, NE China and N Sakhalin.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male on a branch, displaying Locality Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden (ssp lapponica)
Per Johan 2 June 2008 2 years ago 51 sec 4.9 -
Male in flight. Locality Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden (ssp lapponica)
Per Johan 1 June 2008 2 years ago 45 sec 4.9 -
Male displaying in woodland. Locality Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden (ssp lapponica)
Per Johan 4 June 2008 2 years ago 46 sec 4.8 -
Great Grey Owl eating a vole Locality Telehany, Brest Region, Belarus
Ronald Messemaker 31 May 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Great Grey Owl with vole as prey, two chicks where in the neighbourhood Locality Telehany, Brest Region, Belarus
Ronald Messemaker 31 May 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A bird flying from tree to tree. Locality Oulu Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Josep del Hoyo 28 March 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree, flying and hovering for an instant looking for a vole. Locality Oulu Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Josep del Hoyo 28 March 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched under snowy weather. Locality Kuusamo, Oulu Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Josep del Hoyo 28 March 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A close up Locality Ostfold County, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 10 December 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4 -
A view of the habitat and then zoom to the bird. Locality Kuusamo, Oulu Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Josep del Hoyo 28 March 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4 -
A female incubating on a nest Locality Simo, Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Keith Blomerley 1 June 2007 5 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A close-up of two birds perched Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 4 -
A bird listening for prey Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 29 September 2012 33 weeks ago 30 sec 3.8 -
An adult perched on a branch. Locality Finland (ssp lapponica)
Jean Hupperetz 2000 10 years ago 7 sec 3.8 -
To view of a bird listening Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 29 September 2012 33 weeks ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird looking around Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 29 September 2012 33 weeks ago 25 sec 3.8 -
Two birds, one of them calling. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A bird perched on a fence, looking around. Locality Santillana Zoo, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Carlos Fabregat 26 August 2007 16 weeks ago 51 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a trunk, scratching its head, defecating and going away. Locality Santillana Zoo, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Carlos Fabregat 26 August 2007 16 weeks ago 58 sec 3.5 -
A bird perching showing puffed plumage Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 29 September 2012 33 weeks ago 20 sec 3.4
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