📷 Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
📷 Brocken Inaglory
📷 Carlos Delgado
IUCN: Least Concern
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassAves›OrderStrigiformes›FamilyStrigidae›GenusBubo
About
With a wingspan that can top 1.8 meters and ear tufts raised like horns, the Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the world’s largest owls, and arguably its most formidable. Its deep two-note hoot rolls across valleys on still nights.
It is an apex night hunter, taking prey as large as hares, young foxes, and other owls, and striking with talons that grip with many times its own body weight in force. Pairs hold large territories for years, nesting on cliff ledges and in old quarries.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Rocky cliffs, open forests, and scrubby countryside across Europe and Asia
🍃Diet Mammals and birds up to hare and small deer size, including other owls and raptors
📏Size & Weight Length 58–71 cm; wingspan 131–188 cm
•Weight 1.5–4.6 kg (females larger)
⏳Lifespan About 20 years wild; over 60 in care
🗺Range Europe and Asia, from Iberia and Scandinavia to the Russian Far East, China, and Japan
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Key Facts
⛰Habitat Rocky cliffs, open forests, and scrubby countryside across Europe and Asia
🍃Diet Mammals and birds up to hare and small deer size, including other owls and raptors
📏Size & Weight Length 58–71 cm; wingspan 131–188 cm
•Weight 1.5–4.6 kg (females larger)
⏳Lifespan About 20 years wild; over 60 in care
🗺Range Europe and Asia, from Iberia and Scandinavia to the Russian Far East, China, and Japan
Photo Credits
#1Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
#2Brocken Inaglory · CC BY-SA 3.0
#3Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 4.0
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