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Tawny Owl
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
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Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Strix
Scientific:
Strix aluco
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:
612B4380B3AF772A
Avibase ID:
avibase-612B4380
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/612B4380
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555428
English:
Tawny Owl
Afrikaans:
Eurasiese Bosuil
Arabic:
بومة سمراء
Azerbaijani:
Boz yapalaqca
Bulgarian:
Горска улулица
Catalan:
Gamarús euroasiàtic
Czech:
puštík obecný
Danish:
Natugle
German:
Waldkauz
Greek:
Χουχουριστής
Esperanto:
arbarstrigo
Spanish:
Cárabo Común
Spanish (Spain):
Cárabo Común
Estonian:
Kodukakk
Basque:
Urubi arrunta
Persian:
جغد جنگلی
Finnish:
lehtopöllö
French:
Chouette hulotte
Hebrew:
לילית מצויה
Croatian:
Šumska sova
Hungarian:
Macskabagoly
Icelandic:
Náttugla
Italian:
Allocco
Japanese (romaji):
morifukurou
Japanese:
モリフクロウ
Korean:
올빼미
Lithuanian:
Naminė pelėda
Latvian:
Meža pūce
Dutch:
Bosuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kattugle
Norwegian:
Kattugle
Polish:
puszczyk
Portuguese:
Coruja-do-mato
Portuguese (Brazil):
Tawny Owl
Portuguese (Portugal):
Coruja-do-mato
Romanian:
Huhurez mic
Russian:
Серая неясыть
Slovak:
sova obyčajná
Slovenian:
lesna sova
Serbian:
šumska sova
Swedish:
kattuggla
Turkish:
Alaca Baykuş
Ukrainian:
Сова сіра
Chinese:
西灰林鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
灰林鴞
Tawny Owl
Afrikaans:
Eurasiese Bosuil
Arabic:
بومة سمراء
Azerbaijani:
Boz yapalaqca
Bulgarian:
Горска улулица
Catalan:
Gamarús euroasiàtic
Czech:
puštík obecný
Danish:
Natugle
German:
Waldkauz
Greek:
Χουχουριστής
Esperanto:
arbarstrigo
Spanish:
Cárabo Común
Spanish (Spain):
Cárabo Común
Estonian:
Kodukakk
Basque:
Urubi arrunta
Persian:
جغد جنگلی
Finnish:
lehtopöllö
French:
Chouette hulotte
Hebrew:
לילית מצויה
Croatian:
Šumska sova
Hungarian:
Macskabagoly
Icelandic:
Náttugla
Italian:
Allocco
Japanese (romaji):
morifukurou
Japanese:
モリフクロウ
Korean:
올빼미
Lithuanian:
Naminė pelėda
Latvian:
Meža pūce
Dutch:
Bosuil
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kattugle
Norwegian:
Kattugle
Polish:
puszczyk
Portuguese:
Coruja-do-mato
Portuguese (Brazil):
Tawny Owl
Portuguese (Portugal):
Coruja-do-mato
Romanian:
Huhurez mic
Russian:
Серая неясыть
Slovak:
sova obyčajná
Slovenian:
lesna sova
Serbian:
šumska sova
Swedish:
kattuggla
Turkish:
Alaca Baykuş
Ukrainian:
Сова сіра
Chinese:
西灰林鸮
Chinese (Traditional):
灰林鴞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Tawny or Maghreb Owl ( Strix [aluco or mauritanica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Tawny or Maghreb Owl ( Strix [aluco or mauritanica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tawny or Maghreb Owl ( Strix [aluco or mauritanica]) |
| Avilist 2025: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) |
| Clements, version 2025: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Strix aluco [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Strix [aluco or nivicolum]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: البومة السمراء, بومة سمراء
Asturian: Curuxu, Gárabu común
Azerbaijani: Boz yapalaqca
Belarusian: Кугакаўка шэрая, Шэрая кугакаўка
Bulgarian: Горска улулица
Breton: Ar gaouenn penn tev
Catalan: Gamarús, Gamarús euroasiàtic
Montenegrin: šumska sova
Czech: puštík obecný
Welsh: Tylluan frech
Danish: Natugle
German: Waldkauz
Greek: Χουχουριστής
English: Eurasian tawny owl, Tawny or Maghreb Owl, Tawny Owl, Tawny wood owl
English, HBW: Tawny Owl
English (IOC): Tawny Owl, Tawny/Maghreb Owl
English (United States): Tawny Owl
Esperanto: arbara strigo, arbarstrigo
Spanish: Cárabo Común
Spanish (Spain): Cárabo Común
Spanish (HBW): Cárabo común
Estonian: Kodukakk
Basque: Urubi arrunta, Urubia
Persian: جغد جنگلی
Finnish: lehtopöllö
Faroese: Músagjóð
French: Chouette hulotte, Chouette hulotte ou C. du Maghreb
Frisian: wâldûle
Irish: avelaiona
Gaelic: Cailleach-Oidhche
Galician: Avelaiona, Avelaiona común
Hebrew: לילית, לילית מצויה
Croatian: Šumska sova
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 or mauritanica], Strix aluco, Strix aluco aluco
Luxembourgish: Bëschkauz
Lithuanian: namine peleda, Naminė pelėda
Latvian: meža puce, Meža pūce
Macedonian: Шумски (Обичен) був
Moldavian: Huhurez de pădure, Huhurez mic
Dutch: Bosuil
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kattugle
Norwegian: Kattugle
Polish: puszczyk, puszczyk (zwyczajny), puszczyk zwyczajny
Pinyin: huī lín-xiāo, mù xiāo, sēn xiāo
Portuguese: Coruja-do-mato
Portuguese (Brazil): Tawny Owl
Portuguese (Portugal): Coruja-do-mato
Romanian: huhurez, Huhurez mic
Romance (Other): Tschuetta
Russian: Cерая неясыть, Неясыть обыкновенная серая, Неясыть серая, Обыкновенная неясыть, Серая неясыть
Slovak: sova lesná, sova obyčajná
Slovenian: lesna sova
Albanian: Kukuvajka e pyjeve
Serbian: šumska sova
Swedish: Kattuggla
Turkmen: alaca baykuş
Turkish: Alaca Baykuş
Ukrainian: Сіра сова, Сова сіра
Vietnamese: Chim Hù nivicon, Chim Hù xám
Chinese: 木鸮, 森鸮, 灰林鸮, 西灰林鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 木鴞, 森鴞, 灰林鴞
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 灰林鴞
Chinese (Taiwan): 灰林鸮
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