Tawny Owl · Strix aluco · Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

3072 foreground recordings and 953 background recordings of Strix aluco . Total recording duration 81:15:40.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:17 Marcin Sołowiej 2024-03-27 23:00 Poland Szczecin, Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie 30 begging call

3 juv

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:08 Julien Piette 2024-03-25 00:51 France Dunkerque, Nord, Hauts-de-France 10 nocturnal flight call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:13 Anthony ROUX 2023-09-16 21:26 France Arrondissement de la Rochelle (near Saint-Xandre), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20 call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:12 Anthony ROUX 2023-09-28 1:07 France Arrondissement de la Rochelle (near Saint-Xandre), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20 call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:34 Anthony ROUX 2023-10-02 3:15 France Arrondissement de la Rochelle (near Saint-Xandre), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20 call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:17 Anthony ROUX 2023-09-10 04:17 France Arrondissement de la Rochelle (near Saint-Xandre), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 20 song [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:03 Thierry THOMAS 2024-03-20 20:07 France Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie 40 duet, song, pulsed hooting [sono] discuss icon
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XC883606
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:11 Chèvremont Fabian 2023-09-29 21:56 Belgium Fléron, Liège, Wallonie 200 song [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:36 Michaël Bridoux 2024-03-16 22:00 Belgium Arrondissement de Marche-en-Famenne (near Tenneville), Luxembourg, Wallonia 500 song [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:57 Leconte Michel 2024-03-13 20:00 France Arudy 1065 song

Recorded in a beech-fir forest (little snow on the ground, rodents observed), air temperature 9-10 °C

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:12 Stanley Baldauf 2024-02-26 21:44 Germany Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig (near Leipzig), Sachsen 140 call

noise is filtered via RX, two adult tawny owls were seen in a residential neighborhood sitting in a tree with a brancher on the ground.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:23 Ulf Elman 2024-02-26 21:20 Sweden Gisslaren, Uppland 30 song [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:31 Guilherme Melo 2023-05-06 20:00 Turkey İbradı, Antalya 800 song [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 2:17 Eric Lewenhaupt 2024-02-22 01:00 Sweden Backhemmet, Askeryd, Aneby Municipality, Jönköpings län 260 call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:26 Martin Billard 2023-09-14 05:53 France Observatoire pincipal du Banc des Oiseaux (near Merville-Franceville-Plage), Calvados, Normandie 10 call

Passive recording made during the NFC project on the "Gros banc" nature reserve.

A very special thanks to Gregory Bruneau which had the idea to put recording devices on site and manage them all year long !

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 9:07 Francesco Sottile 2023-12-24 17:21 Italy Bocchigliero, Provincia di Cosenza, Calabria 850 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:25 Francesco Sottile 2023-12-23 18:37 Italy Bocchigliero, Provincia di Cosenza, Calabria 850 song [sono] discuss icon
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XC857283
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:12 SonoNatura 2023-12-06 07:30 Spain Vega de Toledo (near Toledo), Toledo, Castile-La Mancha 440 song

Tawny owl singing in a pine tree nex to to the river in a urban park

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:30 Martin Billard 2023-11-26 07:19 France Arrondissement du Blanc (near Saint-Michel-en-Brenne), Indre, Centre-Val de Loire 100 call [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:13 SonoNatura 2023-11-15 20:00 Spain Vega de Toledo (near Toledo), Toledo, Castile-La Mancha 440 song

Tawny owl singing in a pine tree nex to to the river in a urban park.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 3:05 Ulf Elman 2023-04-27 23:09 Sweden Grystaviken, Enköping, Uppsala län 0 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:19 Ulf Elman 2015-06-06 00:00 Sweden Hagby ekopark, Täby, Stockholms län 10 begging call [also] [sono] discuss icon
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XC841329
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco sylvatica) 0:51 John Sirrett 2023-10-02 02:08 United Kingdom Great Britain (near Shirley), West Midlands, England 130 call, antiropogenic

No modifications to this recording of a Tawny Owl calling in a suburban West Midlands garden.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:49 Thierry THOMAS 2022-10-25 04:32 France Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie 40 call, duet, subsong

common wood pigeon flying off.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:34 peter wittemann 2023-10-29 04:00 Switzerland Fribourg, Sense, Freiburg 700 call, subsong

Highpass-filtered

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:31 Thierry THOMAS 2022-07-27 00:18 France Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie 40 call, subsong [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:17 Jack Berteau 2011-05-02 18:00 France Arrondissement de Poitiers (near Quinçay), Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 140 song

Mixed forest. With rumble of thunder.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:15 João Tomás 2023-09-27 00:18 Spain Comarca Vaqueira (near Tamallanes), Asturias, Principado de Asturias 750 call, song

Calls of a female, joined by a singing male. You can hear the bellowing of male Cervus elaphus and when the male tawny owl starts singing it seems that you can hear the fight between two male deer.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:03 João Tomás 2023-09-27 00:20 Spain Comarca Vaqueira (near Tamallanes), Asturias, Principado de Asturias 750 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:56 Uku Paal 2023-09-25 05:30 Estonia Saarde, Saarde Parish, Pärnu maakond 60 call [sono] discuss icon
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