Tawny Owl
A species of Earless Owls Scientific name : Strix aluco Genus : Earless Owls
Tawny Owl, A species of Earless Owls
Botanical name: Strix aluco
Genus: Earless Owls
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Description
Tawny Owls are medium-sized owls with compact bodies. They mostly live in open woodland areas near parks and cemeteries as well as in large gardens. They prefer areas that have a water source close by. They also set up house near humans (i.e. they are prevalent in central London!) and during winter months can be found nesting in abandoned buildings.
Size
39 cm
Life Expectancy
18 years
Feeding Habits
Tawny Owl primarily preys on small mammals and birds, occasionally expanding its diet to include bats, large insects, and worms. It hunts both by perching and swooping or by hawking insects in flight. Tawny Owl has acute hearing, allowing it to detect prey like worms beneath foliage or soil.
Habitat
Tawny Owl typically inhabits open and semi-open woodlands, including farmland with tree cover, parks, and gardens in villages and urban environments. Preferring areas with accessible water, tawny Owl is adapted to a variety of landscapes such as sparse woods, clearings, and tree-lined avenues that offer lookout posts for hunting. This species avoids extensive unfragmented forests, wetlands, and barren plains. Geographically, it ranges from temperate regions, steppe zones to Mediterranean and related montane habitats. Exclusively a land-based bird, tawny Owl can be found at elevations up to 2350 meters, largely within lowland areas but avoiding very windy, frosty, or arid conditions.
Dite type
Carnivorous
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Behavior
The tawny owl is generally quite nocturnal, but are sometimes briefly active during daylight. This is usually the case when young have to be fed and male owls may need to be active continuously for up to 11 hours in order to obtain enough prey. Of the three European owls in the Strix genus, the tawny is by far the least prone to be active during daylight. 
Distribution Area
This species is found through much of Iberian Peninsula, though spotty distribution here, with the largest gap where absent being in southeastern Spain (where still not completely absent). The tawny owl is also found throughout England and Scotland, but is not present in some of less well wooded areas of northern Scotland. Their range is almost continuously from throughout France to eastern Europe within mainland Europe and continuously from Estonia, Latvia and Denmark in the north down through most of Italy (including northern Sicily).
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
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