Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Owls

STRIGIFORMES

Tytonidae

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Tyto alba
Open country, savanna, farmlands, cities.
From British Isles, extreme s Sweden and extreme w Russia s through cont. Europe, Mediterranean region and Africa to s S. Africa (recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Djibouti), Comoro Is., Madagascar, Near East, Iraq,Iran and Arabia; lowlands to 1000 m in Pakistan, India, s Andaman Is.,c,s Burma, extreme sw China, Thailand, Cambodia, n,c Laos, s Vietnam and Malay Pen.; Sumatra, s Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Is. and is. in Flores Sea; se New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. (Long I., New Ireland, and Boang in the Tanga Is.), Solomon Is.(Green I., Buka, Vella Lavella, Malaita), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz, Banks and Loyalty is., Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, and Society Is.; Australia, Tasmania. From sw British Columbia and Washington e across n U.S.
and s Ontario to c New England, and s through U.S., Bermuda, W. Indies, Mexico, C. America and S. America. Intro. Seychelles, Hawaiian Is., Lord Howe I., New Zealand.-
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T. alba and T. glaucops breed sympatrically in Hispaniola, which suggests that this world-wide complex may consist of several species so similar in morphology that they have not been recognized as distinct and
are combined in Tyto alba.
Reports that two forms introduced on Lord Howe I. have bred without hybridization suggest that the Australasian race delicatula may be a distinct species.
The dwarfed race punctatissima of the Galapagos Is. has also been
treated as a species and there may be others.
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-Tyto Gr. tuto (un gufo, civetta)
-alba L. akbus (bianco)
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Tyto alba

Barn Owl

Fairly common

Breed: Lybia, Syria, Kwait,

Marocco, Algeria Turkia

STRIGIDAE
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STRIGIFORMES

Strigidae

Otus brucei
Arid, rocky gullies with scrub.
Lowlands to 1800 m of sw,sc Palearctic from s Turkey, ne Egypt, Arabia and Iraq e through Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sympatric with O. scops in Pakistan.
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                          -Otus Gr. otos (un gufo con le orecchie)
-               -brucei Henry James Bruce (1835-1909) missionario
                 americano in India (1862-1909)
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Otus scops
Open woods, savanna, towns. The voices of sunia and senegalensis differ from that of O. scops and B. King recommends species status for both.
Lowlands to 2500 m from s Europe (n to c France, s Germany, s Poland) e across nw,c Russia to sw Siberia e to Lake Baikal and w Transbaikalia and extreme w China (w Sinkiang), s to nw Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, Mediterranean region (incl. most islands), Turkey, Near and Middle East to Pakistan (Baluchistan). Absent from Kazakhstan and area between Caspian and Aral seas. Winters from the Mediterranean region e to s India and s to c Africa.
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scops Gr. skops (piccolo gufo)
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Bubo bubo
Forest, woodland, desert, farmlands. From s,e cont. Europe and Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia and c Siberia to upper Kolyma R., Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan, and s to n Mediterranean region, Turkey, n Iraq, Iran, ne Afghanistan, n Pakistan, n India, Tibet, China and Korea.
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-Bubo L. bubo (aquila-gufo)
- bubo [gufo reale]

Otus brucei

Pallid Scops Owl

Common (Iraq)

has breed: Israele, Syria,

Giordania

Otus scops

European Scops Owl

Common

has breed: Germania, Syria

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Bubo bubo

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Eagle Owl

Pharaoh Eagle Owl

-Uncommon

Bred: Sicilia, Danimarca, Libano,

n.Chad

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Ketupa zeylonensis
Forest, streams, lakes, rice paddies.
Locally in lowlands to 1500 m in s Turkey, Israel, s Iraq, sw Iran, and from Afghanistan e through Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka to s China and se Asia
s to n Malaya.
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   -Ketupa, nome malese ketupok oppure ketupu a Sumatra e Java
    per identificare il Gufo pescatore
                  - zeylonensis L. zeylona (Ceylon, Sri Lanka)

Nyctea scandiaca
Tundra, open country, fields and prairie.
N Greenland, Iceland, Shetland Is. (formerly), Spitsbergen, and from w,n Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Chukotski Pen., Anadyrland, n Koryakland, and Commander and Hall is.; w Aleutians, Hall I., and from n Alaska, n Yukon and Banks, Prince Patrick and n Ellesmere is. s to coastal w Alaska, n Mackenzie, s Keewatin, ne Manitoba, Southampton and Belcher is., n Quebec and n Labrador.
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                                    -Nyctea Gr. nuktia (notturno)
                 riferito in generale a tutti i rapaci notturni, nel nostro
                   caso al Gufo delle nevi

-scandiaca L. Scandia (Scandinavia)

Surnia ulula
Boreal forest, edge, swamps, second-growth woodland, muskeg.
From Scandinavia e across n,c Russia and n,c Siberia to Anadyrland, and
s to s Russia, nw China, n Mongolia, n Manchuria and se Siberia; from w,c Alaska, c Yukon, nw,c Mackenzie, s Keewatin, n Manitoba, n Ontario, n Quebec, c Labrador and Newfoundland s to sc Alaska, s British Columbia, sc Alberta, c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba, n Minnesota, sc Ontario, n Michigan, s Quebec and New Brunswick.
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     -Surnia anagrama di Strix funerea, secondo il Langton (1920) parola
      derivante dal Gr. Surnion (gufo)
     -ulula, L. ulula, già citato da Plinio e da Terenzio Varro per indicare
      l' Ulula
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Ketupa zeylonensis

Brown Fish Owl

-Rare (very !)

extinct n.Israele, s.Syria

Nyctea scandiaca

Snowy Owl

-Rare

has breed: Iceland, s.Norwey,

Shetland

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Surnia ulula

Northern Hawak Owl

-Fairly common

Glaucidium passerinum
Open coniferous and mixed forest.
From c,s Scandinavia and mts. of c,e Europe e across nw,c Russia and s Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk, and s to n Manchuria.
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-Glaucidium Gr. glaux (una piccola civetta, civetta nana)
-passerinum L. passerinus ( simile ad un passero)
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Athene noctua
Steppes, stony semi-desert, farmlands, open woodland, towns.
From s British Isles and cont. Europe e across nw,c Russia to extreme s Siberia, Mongolia and Manchuria, and s to n,ne Africa to n Mauritania, s Mali, s Niger, c Chad, n,e Sudan, n,e Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and n Somalia. Mediterranean region incl. most islands except Crete; Arabia, n,c Iran, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, n India (Himalayas to 4600 m from Kashmir e to Arunachal Pradesh), Tibet and w,c China.

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     -Athene Gr. mitologico Athene (Minerva, Dea della saggezza,
      della guerra e delle arti)
                           -noctua L.noctua (notturna)