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Scarce breeding bird in Iceland. Started to breed in 2003. 35-37cm. 300g. WS 90-100cm.
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English Long-eared Owl
Scientific (Asio otus otus)
Order STRIGIFORMES
Family (Latin) Strigidae
Family (English) Owls
Other name(s) Northern Long-eared Owl
Breeding Regions NA, MA, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,Canada,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Egypt,Estonia,Finland, France,Georgia,Germany,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel, Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Mexico,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco, Myanmar,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia, San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan, Tajikistan,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - mainland,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
otus Azores (nw Macaronesia, nw of n Africa), Europe, Asia and n Africa
canariensis Canary Is. (except Lanzarote; c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
tuftsi w Canada to n Mexico
wilsonianus sc, se Canada to sc, e USA
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Waldohreule
French Hibou moyen-duc
Chinese 长耳鸮
Japanese トラフズク
Russian Ушастая сова
Spanish Búho chico
Portuguese bufo-pequeno
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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)