Owls

Long-eared Owl

Asio otus

The Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) is a 297 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

297 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

52

Recorded in Sweden, Netherlands, France, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Germany, Norway, Russia, Portugal, United Kingdom, Poland, United States, Czechia, Italy, Israel, Estonia, Ukraine, Austria, Ireland, Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Åland, Romania, Greece, Switzerland, China, Slovakia, Japan, Croatia, Iran, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, India, Mexico, Slovenia, Lithuania, Moldova, Algeria, Isle of Man, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Morocco.

Where to see it: Сквер 6-ї лікарні (6th city hospital garden square) (Ukraine); Goloskiv (Ukraine); Přerov - město (Czechia); Муравьевка (Muravyevka Park) (Russian Federation); Deir az-Zur · bridge over the Euphrates River (Syria).

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