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

3104 foreground recordings and 967 background recordings of Strix aluco . Total recording duration 81:49:02.

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) 2:04 Ireneusz Oleksik 2024-04-09 20:00 Poland Tychy, Tychy, Silesian Voivodeship 280 call, song

Deciduous forest.

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:26 Thierry THOMAS 2024-05-11 00:01 France Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie 40 duet, song [sono] discuss icon
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XC901962
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 6:38 Joost van Bruggen 2024-05-08 05:15 Netherlands Noorderbroek, Westendorp 30 song, agitated call after playback [sono] discuss icon
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XC901321
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:07 Le Louaver Manuel 2022-06-28 23:00 France Arrondissement du Havre (near Petiville), Seine-Maritime, Normandy 0 [sono] discuss icon
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XC899989
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:24 Thierry THOMAS 2024-04-29 23:22 France Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie 40 call, song

migration stopover (not breeding here)

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XC899230
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:51 Pierre SOULIER 2024-04-24 05:06 France Arrondissement de Tulle (near Tulle), Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 320 nocturnal flight call

Enregistrement nocturne, à priori deux chouettes.

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XC898034
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 3:17 Pierre SOULIER 2024-04-19 03:33 France Arrondissement de Tulle (near Tulle), Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 320 nocturnal flight call

Eregistrement nocturne

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XC897053
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:05 Rafael Costas 2023-10-10 02:53 Spain Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia 40 alarm call, call, flight call, nocturnal flight call [sono] discuss icon
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XC893150
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:21 Marcin Dyduch 2024-03-30 21:00 Poland Gmina Puck (near Darzlubie), Powiat pucki, Pomorskie 40 alarm call, duet, flight call [sono] discuss icon
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XC892203
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 3:01 Francesco Sottile 2024-03-31 20:23 Italy Bocchigliero, Provincia di Cosenza, Calabria 850 song [also] [sono] discuss icon
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XC891909
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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XC883786
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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XC883784
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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XC882304
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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XC878852
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 0:23 Ulf Elman 2024-02-26 21:20 Sweden Gisslaren, Uppland 30 song

SNR 51dB(ISO/ITU) @80phon

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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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XC877633
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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XC877306
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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XC857345
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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XC845803
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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XC844560
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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XC843652
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 3:05 Ulf Elman 2023-04-27 23:09 Sweden Grystaviken, Enköping, Uppsala län 0 song

SNR 50dB(ISO/ITU).

Obs på Artportalen

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XC842382
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) 1:19 Ulf Elman 2015-06-06 00:00 Sweden Hagby ekopark, Täby, Stockholms län 10 begging call

SNR 53dB(ISO/ITU).

Obs på Artportalen

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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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XC841084
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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XC839349
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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XC838926
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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XC838425
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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XC837406