Eurasian eagle-owl
species of bird
The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that is found in Eurasia. It is also called the European eagle-owl. In Europe, it is just called the eagle-owl.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Bubo |
| Species: | B. bubo
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| Bubo bubo | |
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| Range of Eurasian eagle-owl | |
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It is one of the largest species of owl. Females grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in); males are slightly smaller.[3] The bird has distinctive ear tufts.
The Eurasian eagle-owl is found in many habitats, but is mostly a bird of mountainous regions or other rocky areas, often near woodland edge and shrubs or wetlands to hunt their prey.[4]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Bubo bubo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688927A86872241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688927A86872241.en.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ↑ Andrews P. 1990. Owls, caves and fossils: predation, preservation and accumulation of small mammal bones in caves, with an analysis of the Pleistocene cave faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. University of Chicago Press.
- ↑ Mikkola H. 2012. Owls of the World: a photographic guide. Firefly Books. ISBN 9781770851368
- ↑ Voous K.H. 1988. Owls of the Northern Hemisphere. The MIT Press, ISBN 0262220350.
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