Eurasian eagle-owl by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 12, 2018

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Description

The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the European eagle-owl and in Europe, it is occasionally abbreviated to just eagle-owl. It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish colouring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker colour. The facial disc is poorly developed and the orange eyes are distinctive.

Comments (14)

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LivingPixels

10:29AM | Fri, 12 January 2018

Pretty awesome shot great detail!!

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T.Rex

10:43AM | Fri, 12 January 2018

Awesome and frightening to see one apparently coming straight at you. Not exactly a nice bird to deal with. But beautiful, as seen in the photo. Keep up the good work! :-)