Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma]
Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma] (= Strix aluco) Linnaeus, C 1758
The tawny owl is commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has 11 recognized subspecies. It is a stocky, medium-sized owl, whose underparts are pale with dark streaks, and whose upper body may be either brown or grey. The tawny owl typically makes its nest in a tree hole where it can protect its eggs and young against potential predators. It is non-migratory and highly territorial: as a result, when young birds grow up and leave the parental nest, if they cannot find a vacant territory to claim as their own, they will often starve. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Strix
Scientific:
Strix aluco
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.93
Protonym:
Strix Aluco
Type locality:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/111/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
25735E957BEDC05A
Avibase ID:
avibase-25735E95
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/25735E95
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555428
Geographic range:
- Strix aluco aluco: northern and eastern Europe to Ukraine, Crimea, Balkans, and Black Sea
- Strix aluco sylvatica: Britain, France, Iberia, southern Italy, Greece, and western and central Türkiye
- Strix aluco biddulphi: Pakistan and northwestern India
- Strix aluco siberiae: Ural Mountains to western Siberia
- Strix aluco willkonskii: northeastern Türkiye, Caucasus, and northwestern Iran to Turkmenistan
- Strix aluco sanctinicolai: Zagros Mountains (northeastern Iraq and western Iran)
- Strix aluco harmsi: southern Kazakhstan southward to Tajikistan (foothills of western Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains)
- Strix mauritanica: Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
- Strix nivicolum yamadae: mountains of southern Taiwan
- Strix nivicolum ma: northeastern China and Korea
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Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma]
French:
Chouette hulotte [incl. yamadae, ma]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma] ( Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma]) |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.52: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Strix [aluco or nivicolum]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: البومة السمراء
Asturian: Curuxu
Azerbaijani: Boz yapalaqca
Belarusian: Шэрая кугакаўка
Bulgarian: Горска улулица
Breton: Ar gaouenn penn tev
Catalan: Gamarús
Czech: Puštík obecný
Welsh: Tylluan Frech
Danish: Natugle
German: Waldkauz
Greek: (Κοινός) Χουχουριστής
English: Eurasian tawny owl, Tawny Owl, Tawny Owl [incl. yamadae, ma], Tawny wood owl
Esperanto: arbarstrigo
Spanish: Cárabo, Cárabo Común
Estonian: Kodukakk
Basque: Urubia
Finnish: lehtopöllö
Faroese: músagjóð
French: Chouette hulotte, Chouette hulotte [incl. yamadae, ma]
Frisian: wâldûle
Irish: avelaiona
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche
Galician: Avelaiona
Hebrew: לילית
Hungarian: Macskabagoly
Armenian: Անտառաբու
Icelandic: Náttugla
Italian: Allocco, Allocco comune
Japanese (romaji): mori fukurō, morifukurou
Japanese: モリフクロウ
Japanese (Kanji): 森梟
Georgian: ბუ, ტყის ბუ
Kazakh: Кәдімгі жапалақ
Korean: 올빼미
Korean (Transliteration): olppaemi
Cornish: Perthuan
Scientific: Strix aluco, Strix aluco [incl. yamadae and ma], Strix aluco aluco
Luxembourgish: Bëschkauz
Lithuanian: Namine peleda
Latvian: meža puce
Macedonian: Шумски (Обичен) був
Dutch: Bosuil
Norwegian: Kattugle
Polish: puszczyk, puszczyk (zwyczajny), puszczyk zwyczajny
Pinyin: huī lín-xiāo, mù xiāo, sēn xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-do-mato
Romansh: Tschuetta
Romanian: huhurez
Russian: Обыкновенная неясыть, Серая неясыть
Slovak: sova obyčajná
Slovenian: Lesna sova
Albanian: Kukuvajka e pyjeve
Serbian: šumska sova
Swedish: Kattuggla
Turkmen: alaca baykuş
Turkish: Alaca Baykuş
Ukrainian: Сова сіра
Vietnamese: Chim Hù nivicon, Chim Hù xám, Hù nivicon
Chinese: *灰林鸮, 木鸮, 森鸮, 灰林鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 木鴞, 森鴞, 灰林鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 灰林鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 灰林鸮
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