Least ConcernEurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
One of the 2 barn owls on WAnimals
Birds · Strigiformes · Strigidae
Aegolius funereus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It nests almost exclusively in abandoned woodpecker holes, and its chicks hatch at intervals, so the first can be a whole week older than the last.
Weight
101 g – 180 g
Size
21 cm – 28 cm
Life expectancy
12 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
Sources consulted: AnAge (genomics.senescence.info); Birda; Animal Diversity Web; The Owl Pages; World Species; PMC (nestling perching behaviour study, nestling growth study, post-fledging movement study)
Best time: From February to April, at night, in boreal and mountain forests, when the male calls insistently beside the nest.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 84.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Boreal Owl — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about boreal owl.
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The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
