Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Strix
Subspecies (8)
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Strix aluco aluco
northern and eastern Europe to Ukraine, Crimea, Balkans, and Black Sea
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Strix aluco biddulphi
Pakistan and northwestern India
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Strix aluco harmsi
southern Kazakhstan southward to Tajikistan (foothills of western Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains)
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Strix aluco mauritanica
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
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Strix aluco sanctinicolai
Zagros Mountains (northeastern Iraq and western Iran)
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Strix aluco siberiae
Ural Mountains to western Siberia
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Strix aluco sylvatica
Britain, France, Iberia, southern Italy, Greece, and western and central Türkiye
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Strix aluco willkonskii
northeastern Türkiye, Caucasus, and northwestern Iran to Turkmenistan
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.