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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: البوهة, البوهة بومة أم قرون
Asturian: Curuxón Rial
Azerbaijani: Iri yapalaq
Belarusian: Пугач, Філін
Bulgarian: Бухал
Breton: Toud meur
Catalan: Duc, Gran duc
Czech: Výr, Výr velký
Chuvash: Ӳхĕ
Welsh: Tylluan eryraidd, Tylluan fawr
Danish: Stor Hornugle
German: Uhu
Greek: (Κοινός) Μπούφος, Μπούφος
English: Eagle Owl, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian, Pharaoh or Rock Eagle Owl, Eurasian, Pharaoh or Rock Eagle-Owl, Northern Eagle Owl, Northern Eagle-Owl
Esperanto: gufo
Spanish: Buho Real, Búho Real
Estonian: Kassikakk
Basque: Duc, Hontza handi, Hontza handia
Finnish: Huuhkaja
French: Chouette grand duc, Grand-duc d'Europe, Grand-duc d'Europe ou G.-d. ascalaphe
Frisian: Oehoe
Irish: Rí-ulchabhán
Gaelic: Cailleach-oidhche mhòr
Galician: Bufo real, Duc
Manx: Hullad vooar
Hebrew: אוח
Hindi: Komban kottaan
Croatian: Sova ušara, Sovuljaga buljina, Ušara
Hungarian: Uhu
Armenian: [Bvech ], Բվեճ
Icelandic: Úfur
Italian: Gufo reale
Japanese (romaji): sabakuwashimimizuku, Washi-mimizuku, Washi-mimi-zuku
Japanese: アフリカワシミミズク, ワシミミズク
Japanese (Kanji): 鷲木菟
Georgian: ზარნაშო
Khakas: Ÿгÿ
Kazakh: Үкі
Kazakh (Transliteration): üki
Korean: 수리부엉이
Korean (Transliteration): suri-bueongi
Cornish: Erula, Oula bras
Scientific: Bubo [bubo or ascalaphus], Bubo [bubo, bengalensis or ascalaphus], Bubo bubo, Bubo bubo bubo, Strix Bubo
Luxembourgish: Uhu
Lithuanian: Didysis apuokas, Ūkas, Žiūras
Latvian: Būzis, Ūpis
Macedonian: Голем (Голем ушест) був, Голем був
Mongolian: Шар шувуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠬᠡᠯ ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel shar-shuvuu
Moldavian: Buhă
Maltese: Kokka Imperjali
Nepali: हिमाली हाप्सिलो
Dutch: Oehoe
Norwegian: Bergugle, Hubro, Steinulv
Polish: Puchacz, puchacz (zwyczajny), Puchacz zwyczajny
Pinyin: diāo-xiāo
Portuguese: bufo real, Bufo-real
Rhaeto-Romance: piv
Romanian: Bufniţă
Romance (Other): piv, piv grond
Russian: Обыкновенный филин, Филин, Филин обыкновенный
Sardinian: Cuccu, cuccumeu
Northern Sami: Bealljeskuolfi, Bumbbástat, Lidnu
Slovak: Výr skalný
Slovenian: velika uharica
Albanian: Bufi
Serbian: buljina, Velika ušara, Булјина, Буљина, Велика ушара
Swedish: Berguv
Tamil: Komban Aandhai
Turkmen: puhu
Turkish: Puhu
Tuvinian: Кызыл үгү, Үгү, Ыйбааңгы
Ukrainian: Пугач
Chinese: [diao-xiao], [hen hu], [jiao-chi], [jiu yu-xiao], [jiu-tu-niao], [lao-tu], 恨狐, 老兔, 角鸱, 雕, 雕 鸮, 雕号鸟, 雕鸮, 鵰鴞, 鵰鸮, 鹫兔鸟, 鹫鱼鸮
Chinese (Traditional): 鵰鴞