Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Bubo bubo - Grand-duc d'Europe

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Bubo

  • Species
    :

    bubo

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 75 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 160 à 188 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1750 à 4200 g
Longevity

21 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grand-duc d'Europe
adult
Grand-duc d'Europe
juvenile

Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 16 subspecies

  • Bubo bubo bubo (Scandinavia and France to w Russia)
  • Bubo bubo hispanus (Iberian Pen.)
  • Bubo bubo interpositus (Turkey to Bulgaria, Romania and s Ukraine)
  • Bubo bubo nikolskii (e Iraq to w Pakistan)
  • Bubo bubo ruthenus (c, e and s European Russia)
  • Bubo bubo sibiricus (Ural Mts.of e European Russia and w Siberia to c and sw Siberia)
  • Bubo bubo yenisseensis (c Siberia to n Mongolia)
  • Bubo bubo jakutensis (nc and ne Siberia)
  • Bubo bubo turcomanus (Kazakhstan to w Mongolia and nw China)
  • Bubo bubo omissus (ne Iran and Turkmenistan to w China)
  • Bubo bubo hemachalanus (w Himalayas to w Tibet)
  • Bubo bubo tibetanus (Tibetan Plateau)
  • Bubo bubo tarimensis (e Tarim Basin. w China. to s Mongolia)
  • Bubo bubo kiautschensis (e China, Korea)
  • Bubo bubo ussuriensis (se Siberia and e Mongolia to ne China and e Siberia)
  • Bubo bubo borissowi (Sakhalin and Kuril Is.. off se Siberia.)

Foreign names

  • Grand-duc d'Europe,
  • Búho real,
  • bufo-real,
  • Uhu,
  • uhu,
  • Oehoe,
  • Gufo reale,
  • berguv,
  • Hubro,
  • výr skalný,
  • výr velký,
  • Stor Hornugle,
  • huuhkaja,
  • duc eurasiàtic,
  • Úfur,
  • puchacz (zwyczajny),
  • ūpis,
  • velika uharica,
  • Филин,
  • ワシミミズク,
  • 雕鸮,
  • 鵰鴞,

Voice song and cries

Grand-duc d'Europe
adult

Habitat

Grand-duc d'Europe
adult

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) : Caves ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 31-01-2024
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