Reference photo — Marton Berntsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
Challenging
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Strigidae
- Size
- 56–75 cm (length)
- Weight
- 1.2–4.6 kg
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Lifespan
- 20 yrs
- Habitat
- Rocky cliffs, Forest edges, Quarries
About
The Eurasian eagle-owl is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides much over Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.