Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
French: Chouette hulotte German: Waldkauz Spanish: Cárabo Común
Other common names: Eurasian Tawny Owl/Wood-owl, Tawny Wood-owl
Taxonomy:
Strix Aluco Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Probably forms superspecies with S. butleri; formerly considered to include latter as race. Geographical limits of races obscure; nominate aluco intergrades with siberiae and sylvatica with sanctinicolai. Several additional races named, but considered probably not acceptable because of species’ considerable individual variation and polymorphy; populations from Iberia, Asia Minor and Middle East sometimes separated as clanceyi, those from SW Russia as volhyniae, and those from S Caspian as obscurata. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aluco Linnaeus, 1758 - N & E Europe E to W Russia (Ural Mts), S to Alps, Balkans and Black Sea; intergrades with .
- siberiae Dementiev, 1933 - from Ural Mts to W Siberia.
- sylvatica Shaw, 1809 - Britain, France and Iberia; probably this race also from S Italy and Greece E to W & C Turkey and Middle East; intergrades with sanctinicolai.
- aluco Linnaeus, 1758 - N & E Europe E to W Russia (Ural Mts), S to Alps, Balkans and Black Sea; intergrades with .
- siberiae Dementiev, 1933 - from Ural Mts to W Siberia.
- sylvatica Shaw, 1809 - Britain, France and Iberia; probably this race also from S Italy and Greece E to W & C Turkey and Middle East; intergrades with sanctinicolai.
- mauritanica (Witherby, 1905) - NW Africa (Morocco to Tunisia).
- willkonskii (Menzbier, 1896) - NE Turkey, Caucasus and NW Iran, E to Turkmeniya.
- sanctinicolai (Zarudny, 1905) - NE Iraq and W Iran.
- harmsi (Zarudny, 1911) - Turkestan.
- biddulphi Scully, 1881 - Pakistan and NW India.
- nivicola (Blyth, 1845) - Nepal E to SE China, S to N Myanmar and N Indochina.
- ma (Clark, 1907) - NE China (Jilin) and Korea.
- yamadae Yamashina, 1936 - Taiwan.
- Least Concern
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A bird on the top of a broken trunk Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 24 November 2007 10 weeks ago 54 sec 4.7 -
A bird at the top of a broken trunk, then entering it Sceaux, Île-de-France, France
Robert Mouchard 20 January 2008 9 weeks ago 1 min 36 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird resting on a branch during the day Vienna, Vienna State, Austria (aluco)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 30 April 2006 2 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
An adult in its nest (in a whole in a tree) Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (aluco)
Jean Hupperetz 18 May 2002 6 years ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A chick at the nest. Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 2 April 2009 29 weeks ago 37 sec 4 -
A young recently fledged Linderud Gård, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (aluco)
Eric Roualet 15 May 2007 1 year ago 7 sec 4
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A bird perched in a tree. Essaouira, Morocco (mauretanica)
Dc.Owl 26 December 2009 5 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched in a tree. Essaouira, Morocco (mauretanica)
Dc.Owl 26 December 2009 5 weeks ago 4 -
Adult at daytime roost site. Newsholme Dene, Keighley, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK (Strix aluco sylvatica)
Wagtail 29 May 2007 47 weeks ago 3.5 -
Fledgling. La Sarraz, Vaud Canton, Switzerland
gemaresi 33 weeks ago 3.3 -
A female during breeding season (early April). Cossonay, Vaud Canton, Switzerland
gemaresi 33 weeks ago 3 -
Baby Tawny Owl Od, Jämtland County, Sweden
Karen Nichols-Rexw... 29 May 2009 36 weeks ago 3
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Song of a male Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, UK
(sylvatica)
Stuart Fisher 11 August 2006 17 weeks ago 4 -
Juvenile begging calls Coylumbridge, Highland, Scotland, UK
(sylvatica)
Stuart Fisher 11 August 2006 48 weeks ago 4 -
A distant bird singing at night Vistabella del Maestrat, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(sylvatica)
Carlos Fabregat 21 March 2009 46 weeks ago 0
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