Eurasian eagle-owl
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Eurasian eagle-owls cough up pellets containing prey hair and bones they could not digest.
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Eurasian eagle-owls cough up pellets containing prey hair and bones they could not digest.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Eurasian eagle-owl
- Scientific name
- Bubo bubo
- Japanese name
- ワシミミズク
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Bubo
This owl lives in rocky areas, forests and grasslands in Europe, Asia and North Africa.
It is a very large owl, with ear-like tufts of feathers on its head and big orange eyes that stand out.
It is active mainly at night and mostly eats small mammals. At the northern edge of its range, it is also active during the day in summer.
How the Eurasian eagle-owl lives
They search for prey from a tree and swoop down to attack it. They spend much of the day roosting high in trees. They nest on cliffs, steep slopes or at cave entrances.
多摩動物公園University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 60–75 cmWingspan: 160–188 cm
- Weight
- 1.5–2.8 kg
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Diet
- Small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates
- Range
- Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and China
- Conservation status in Japan
- Critically Endangered (CR)Assessed as Bubo bubo borissowiMinistry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)
Where the Eurasian eagle-owl has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ワシミミズク
- 简体中文
- 雕鸮
- 繁體中文
- 鵰鴞
- 한국어
- 수리부엉이
- Español
- Búho real
- Français
- Hibou grand-duc
- Deutsch
- Uhu
- Português (Brasil)
- Bufo-real
- Italiano
- Gufo reale
- हिन्दी
- Komban kottaan
- العربية
- البومة النسارية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Burung hantu-elang Eurasia
- Русский
- Филин
- Türkçe
- Bayağı puhu
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — ワシミミズクChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Bubo buboChecked: 2026-11-03
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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