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tawny owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25756
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Summary

tawny owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,880 views/month, #890 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Strix[6]
  • Endemic to: Namdapha National Park[7]
  • Taxon name: Strix aluco[8]
  • Commons category: Strix aluco[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Strix aluco[10]
  • Commons gallery: Strix aluco[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Strix stridula[12]
  • Short name: S. aluco[13]
  • Taxon common name: Tawny Owl[14], Waldkauz[15], Cárabo común[16], Chouette hulotte[17], Allocco[18], Bosuil[19], Natugle[20], Kattugle[21], Серая неясыть[22], モリフクロウ[23], kattuggla[24], lehtopöllö[25], macskabagoly[26], gamarús euroasiàtic[27]
  • Wingspan: 99 cm[28]

Body

Identifiers

tawny owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 111821[29]. tawny owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9282206[30]. tawny owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555428[31].

Why It Matters

tawny owl has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did tawny owl receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . nabu.de. Retrieved . nabu.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . researchgate.net. researchgate.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . app.bto.org. app.bto.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01625600-n
    Interlingual index id → i43841
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  2. 9w ago · Chrumps · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kautz.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Strix aluco aluco.jpg"
  3. 15w ago · Pmt · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikistrinda article id → 3620
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