European birds    Bird names   News   Family groups 1-26    Glossary    Plumage    Tips    Thumbnails    Gen. info    Credits    Photos for sale   
NON-PASSERINES     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10     11     12     13     14 15     16     17     18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     PASSERINES
Common names sorted alphabetically: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   V   W   Y  

13

Long-eared Owl

(Asio otus)
Alternate name(s): "Northern Long-eared Owl"
German name(s): "Waldohreule"

Size: 31-40 cm; wing span 85-100 cm
Weight: 180-435 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

Click here for a physical description

Taxonomy, classification

See Long-eared Owl at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

Click here for information on habitat and range

Sightings

Click here for sighting information

Photos

Race "otus"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a Long-eared Owl; the pale colouring may suggest that this is a male (photo courtesy of K. Paunovic)
[Near Melenci, Serbia, July 2016]

Sex unknown

Frontal/ventral view of a Long-eared Owl (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Parc du Sausset, Villepinte, Ils-de-France, France, January 2021]

Dorsal/ventral view of a Long-eared Owl; note the prominent streaking on the belly and the white trailing edge on the wings as well as the white terminal band on the tail (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2017]

Behaviour

Long-eared Owls use a stiff, erect, cryptic posture to avoid detection.

These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.

Would you like to contribute photos or sound recordings to this site?
If interested, please CLICK HERE. Credits to contributors are given HERE.