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Tawny owl
Strix aluco · Family Strigidae
Strix aluco
Family Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,018,072
- Countries and territories with records
- 79
About this species
This species has 1,018,072 occurrence records from 79 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (29.8%), France (14.7%), Finland (9.4%), the United Kingdom (8.8%) and Denmark (6.4%); together they account for 69% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Strix aluco combines the genus name Strix with the species epithet aluco. The Warbla app catalog lists 22 species of the genus Strix; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Strix varia, Strix uralensis and Strix virgata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 217 species of the family Strigidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Bubo virginianus. Its record count is 19.4 times the family average (52,528). The family Strigidae belongs to the order Strigiformes, which has 233 species in the Warbla app catalog.