Himalayan Owl

Strix nivicolum - Chouette des neiges Chouette de l'Himalaya

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Strix

  • Species
    :

    nivicolum

Descriptor

Blyth, 1845

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Himalayan Owl (Strix nivicolum) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Strix nivicolum nivicolum (ne India and Nepal to se China, Myanmar and Vietnam)
  • Strix nivicolum yamadae (s Taiwan)
  • Strix nivicolum ma (ne China and Korea)

Foreign names

  • Chouette des neiges,
  • Cárabo del Himalaya,
  • coruja-chinesa,
  • Himalajakauz,
  • Kleine Himalayabosuil,
  • orientkattuggla,
  • Orientkattugle,
  • sova horská,
  • Himalaya-natugle,
  • gamarús de l'Himàlaia,
  • puszczyk leśny,
  • Гималайская неясыть,
  • ヒマラヤフクロウ,
  • 灰林鸮,
  • 喜瑪拉雅林鴞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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