Once almost hunted out of ignorance to extinction, the Eurasian Eagleowl is doing well.
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Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/11
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
85 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Wed 30 Apr 2008 03:21:44 AM EDT
English Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Scientific (Bubo bubo)
Order STRIGIFORMES
Family (Latin) Strigidae
Family (English) Owls
Other name(s) Eurasian Eagle-owl, Eurasian Eagle Owl
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,China, Croatia,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece, Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mauritania,Moldova,Mongolia, Montenegro,Nepal,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Romania, Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan, Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
hispanus Iberian Pen.
ussuriensis se Siberia and e Mongolia to ne China and e Siberia
kiautschensis e China and Korean Pen.
tarimensis e Tarim Basin (w China) to s Mongolia
tibetanus Tibetan Plateau
hemachalanus w Himalayas to w Tibet
omissus ne Iran and Turkmenistan to w China
turcomanus Kazakhstan to w Mongolia and nw China
jakutensis nc, ne Siberia
yenisseensis c Siberia to n Mongolia
sibiricus Ural Mts. of e European Russia and w Siberia to c, sw Siberia
ruthenus c, e, s European Russia
nikolskii e Iraq to w Pakistan
interpositus Turkey to Bulgaria, Romania and s Ukraine
bubo Scandinavia and France to w Russia
borissowi Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (off se Siberia)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Uhu
French Grand-duc d’Europe
Chinese 雕鸮
Japanese ワシミミズク
Russian Филин
Spanish Búho real
Portuguese bufo-real
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)