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Lapland Owl

The Lapland Owl also called the Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) is an owl that is almost as large as the eagle owl. The Lapland owl has a relatively circumpolar distribution. It breeds in North America, from Lake Superior to Alaska's Pacific coast, and from Scandinavia and eastward across northern Asia.

Great grey owl

Great Horned Owl

The Great Horned Owl(Bubo virginianus) is an American owl.

Eagle Owl

The eagle owl (Bubo bubo) has an Eurasian distribution and is present in the North-Eastern and Southern Europe and in much of Asia..

Spectacled Owl

The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina.

Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) is common in woodlands across much of Eurasia. The bird is none migratory and highly territorial.

Tawny Owl nests are usually in a hole in a tree, but they also use old magpie nests, squirrel nests or holes in buildings, and likes to use nest boxes.

Tawny Owl hunts almost exclusively at night. The bird takes a large set of prey, mainly forest rodents, but also other mammals, up to a baby bunny's size, as well as birds, earthworms and beetles

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Snowy Owl

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is an owl occurring in the tundra around the Arctic coasts. It is found in Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Scotland, in the Scandinavian mountain chain, Finland, and Russia. Most breed in Siberia, Alaska and Canada and only a handful in Europe.
The Snowy Owl nests above the tree line, on heaths and similar vast, open areas with slightly undulating terrain. The bird places its nest on the ground that consists of a uppskrapad pit on top of a pile of stones, but it can also nest in abandoned eagle nests.
Snowy owls live almost exclusively on rodents like lemmings and voles, but sometimes also takes birds, especially grouse.

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Northern Hawk Owl

The Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) occurs in northern North America, Europe and Asia.
The Hawk Owl normally occur in coniferous and preferably at the edge towards more open vegetation. The bird is partly active during the day.
The Hawk Owl places its nest in hollow trees or use other birds abandoned nests.
The main diet consists of small rodents and small birds.

Pygmy Owl

The Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) can be found in Northern and Central Europe, and east to Siberia.

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Barred Owl

The Barred Owl (Strix varia) is a large typical owl native to North America.

Short-eared Owl

The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) has a very large range and is found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. It breeds in North America, the Caribbean, South America, North and Central Eurasia and the Pacific.

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Ural Owl

Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) has a similar shape of a larger variant of the tawny owl. It is a resident bird with a large distribution in Europe and northern Asia, from Sakhalin, Japan and Korea in the east, to Scandinavia in the west.

Ural owl

Burrowing Owl

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The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America.

Little Owl

The little owl (Athene noctua) is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa.

Little Owl

Barn Owl

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) occur over large parts of the world, on every continent except Antarctica. The owl is a resident bird and stays in the same area from year to year.

Long-eared Owl

The long-eared Owl ( Asio otus) nests in Europe, Asia and North America. Mostly they are migratory birds.

Boreal Owl

The Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) is also known as the Tengmalm's Owl after Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm. The Boreal owl nests in dense coniferous or mixed forests of northern Eurasia and North America, and in mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Rocky Mountains.

Baby Owls

Owl babies