Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Bubo bubo - Grand-duc d'Europe

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Bubo
Species
:
bubo

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 75 cm
Wingspan
: 160 à 188 cm.
Weight
: 1750 à 4200 g

Longevity

21 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 16 subspecies

Bubo bubo bubo (Scandinavia and France to w Russia)
Bubo bubo hispanus (Iberian Pen.)
Bubo bubo interpositus (Turkey to Bulgaria, Romania and s Ukraine)
Bubo bubo nikolskii (e Iraq to w Pakistan)
Bubo bubo ruthenus (c, e and s European Russia)
Bubo bubo sibiricus (Ural Mts.of e European Russia and w Siberia to c and sw Siberia)
Bubo bubo yenisseensis (c Siberia to n Mongolia)
Bubo bubo jakutensis (nc and ne Siberia)
Bubo bubo turcomanus (Kazakhstan to w Mongolia and nw China)
Bubo bubo omissus (ne Iran and Turkmenistan to w China)
Bubo bubo hemachalanus (w Himalayas to w Tibet)
Bubo bubo tibetanus (Tibetan Plateau)
Bubo bubo tarimensis (e Tarim Basin. w China. to s Mongolia)
Bubo bubo kiautschensis (e China, Korea)
Bubo bubo ussuriensis (se Siberia and e Mongolia to ne China and e Siberia)
Bubo bubo borissowi (Sakhalin and Kuril Is.. off se Siberia.)

Foreign names

Grand-duc d'Europe,
Búho real,
bufo-real,
Uhu,
uhu,
Oehoe,
Gufo reale,
berguv,
Hubro,
výr skalný,
výr velký,
Stor Hornugle,
huuhkaja,
duc eurasiàtic,
Úfur,
puchacz (zwyczajny),
ūpis,
velika uharica,
Филин,
ワシミミズク,
雕鸮,
鵰鴞,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) : Caves ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest