Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Northern Hawk Owl*
Id (Atlas):
Surnia ulula
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Northern Hawk Owl
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Other Names (World)
Northern Hawk-Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Hawk Owl
Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)
Size
36 - 41 cm
Wingspan: 78 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Temperate grassland, boreal forest.
Canada (NB), China (mainland), Estonia (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Latvia (E) (B), Mongolia (B), North Korea, Norway (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B) (NB), Sweden (B) (NB), USA (B).
Vagrant to Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands Antilles, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB), Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine (NB), United Kingdom.
Population
Estimated population is 130,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (86)... )
Listen to XC731281
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula ) [XC731281 ]
by cyclopithecus from Gransj\u00f6n, Vilhelmina Municipality, V\u00e4sterbotten County, Sweden (song)
Listen to XC423437
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula ) [XC423437 ]
by Lars Eric Rahm from Ljusdal, Ljusdal, G\u00e4vleborgs l\u00e4n, Sweden (begging call)
Subspecies
Siberian populations, formerly separated as pallasi , included in nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Eurasia east to Kamchatka and Sakhalin, central Siberia south to Tarbagatay.
tianschanica Smallbones, 1906 - Central Asia and north-western and north-eastern China, possibly also northern Mongolia.
caparoch (Müller, PLS, 1776) - Alaska through Canada to Newfoundland, south to extreme northern USA.
References
See References .
Files:
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