Tawny Owl
carnifex · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Алина Урусова · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
carnifex · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Алина Урусова · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Mourad Harzallah · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Алина Урусова · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Алина Урусова · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Guille C. Lera · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
Алина Урусова · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
carnifex · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny Owl
cpu · CC0_1_0 via GBIF

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Strix

Subspecies (8)

  • Strix aluco aluco

    northern and eastern Europe to Ukraine, Crimea, Balkans, and Black Sea

  • Strix aluco biddulphi

    Pakistan and northwestern India

  • Strix aluco harmsi

    southern Kazakhstan southward to Tajikistan (foothills of western Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains)

  • Strix aluco mauritanica

    Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

  • Strix aluco sanctinicolai

    Zagros Mountains (northeastern Iraq and western Iran)

  • Strix aluco siberiae

    Ural Mountains to western Siberia

  • Strix aluco sylvatica

    Britain, France, Iberia, southern Italy, Greece, and western and central Türkiye

  • Strix aluco willkonskii

    northeastern Türkiye, Caucasus, and northwestern Iran to Turkmenistan

Data Sources

AviList 2025 Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.