Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - HBW 5, p. 241
French: Hibou des marais
German: Sumpfohreule
Spanish: Búho Campestre
Taxonomy: Strix Flammea Pontoppidan, 1763, Denmark.
Morphologically similar to A. otus, but recent studies of proteins indicate unusually large genetic distance between them. Sometimes thought to be closely related to A. capensis, which replaces it ecologically in Africa, but resemblance seems superficial and probably due to convergence, and vocalizations very different. Much darker race galapagoensis possibly specifically distinct. Race domingensis was formerly considered a separate species, including portoricensis as a race; alternatively, these two have been considered a single race of present species. Ten.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Strix Flammea Pontoppidan, 1763, Denmark.
Morphologically similar to A. otus, but recent studies of proteins indicate unusually large genetic distance between them. Sometimes thought to be closely related to A. capensis, which replaces it ecologically in Africa, but resemblance seems superficial and probably due to convergence, and vocalizations very different. Much darker race galapagoensis possibly specifically distinct. Race domingensis was formerly considered a separate species, including portoricensis as a race; alternatively, these two have been considered a single race of present species. Ten subspecies recognized.
Morphologically similar to A. otus, but recent studies of proteins indicate unusually large genetic distance between them. Sometimes thought to be closely related to A. capensis, which replaces it ecologically in Africa, but resemblance seems superficial and probably due to convergence, and vocalizations very different. Much darker race galapagoensis possibly specifically distinct. Race domingensis was formerly considered a separate species, including portoricensis as a race; alternatively, these two have been considered a single race of present species. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) - breeds Iceland, British Is, and locally through Europe and Asia E to Kamchatka and Commander Is, S to Spain, Caucasus, NE Mongolia and NE China; also North America from W & N Alaska through Canada and S to C USA.
- ponapensis Mayr, 1933 - Pohnpei I, in E Caroline Is.
- sandwichensis (Bloxham, 1826) - Hawaiian Is.
- flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) - breeds Iceland, British Is, and locally through Europe and Asia E to Kamchatka and Commander Is, S to Spain, Caucasus, NE Mongolia and NE China; also North America from W & N Alaska through Canada and S to C USA.
- ponapensis Mayr, 1933 - Pohnpei I, in E Caroline Is.
- sandwichensis (Bloxham, 1826) - Hawaiian Is.
- domingensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - Hispaniola; also (possibly this race) Cuba.
- portoricensis Ridgway, 1882 - Puerto Rico.
- pallidicaudus Friedmann, 1949 - N Venezuela, Guyana.
- bogotensis Chapman, 1915 - Colombia, Ecuador, NW Peru.
- galapagoensis (Gould, 1837) - Galapagos Is.
- suinda (Vieillot, 1817) - S Peru, WC Bolivia, Paraguay and SE Brazil S to Tierra del Fuego.
- sanfordi Bangs, 1919 - Falkland Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Genovesa Island a bird plucking and feeding on a storm petrel Locality Galapagos Islands (ssp galapagoensis)
Kim Tarsey 8 October 2006 2 years ago 1 min 48 sec 4.7 -
possible male female standing flying staying together Locality Shawnee Trail Conservation Area, Barton County, Missouri, USA (United States) (ssp flammeus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 5 February 2011 2 years ago 1 min 49 sec 4.6 -
An adult alarming at observer Locality Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp flammeus)
Anne Cotton 9 July 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a cave of a beach made of lava Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp galapagoensis)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 4.4 -
Ten owls filmed in a small town in the Netherland. Locality Limburg Province, Netherlands
Christian Wiesmann 24 March 2012 1 year ago 1 min 31 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a bird looking around. Locality Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp flammeus)
Javier Ortas 21 December 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 4.2
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Sitting on a rock at sunset, the afternoon sunlight shows the Owls wonderful feather colours
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 8 November 2012 26 weeks ago 4.8 -
Resting near the seaside
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp flammeus)
Rob Belterman 2 March 2012 1 year ago 4.7 -
Head shot
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar (ssp flammeus)
John A Thompson 13 November 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Short-eared Owl on Post
Locality Central Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp flammeus)
James Wood 11 March 2009 2 years ago 4.6 -
Perched SEO.
Locality Clwyd County, Wales, Great Britain (ssp flammeus)
Dave Williams 25 January 2012 37 weeks ago 4.6 -
Pretty Bird
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 19 October 2009 2 years ago 4.5
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Calls of a bird interacting with another in flight Locality Papercourt, Send, Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp flammeus)
Stuart Fisher 23 November 2011 1 year ago 4
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