OUR RESIDENTS
These pages will tell you a little about the owl species we have at the sanctuary.
Click on the name of the species that you are interested in learning more about to read about their habitat, where to find them, what they like to eat – and whether they are endangered or not:
- British owls
- British barn owl – Tyto alba
- Tawny owl - Strix aluco
- Little owl - Athene noctua
- Short-eared owl – Asio flammeus
- European owls
- Snowy owl - Nyctea scandiaca
- European eagle owl - Bubo bubo
- Common scops - Otus scops
- Ural owl - Strix uralensis
- Great grey owl - Strix nebulosa
- European barn owl - Tyto alba guttata
- Tengmalms owl - Aegolius funereus
- Asian owls
- Western Siberian eagle owl - Bubo bubo sibiricus
- Eastern Siberian eagle owl - Bubo bubo yenisseensis
- Siberian/Turkmenian eagle owl - Bubo bubo sibiricus x turcomanus
- Turkmenian eagle owl - Bubo turcomanus
- Aharoni’s eagle owl - Bubo bubo interpositus
- Indian eagle owl - Bubo bengalensis
- Malaysian brown wood owl - Strix leptogrammica
- African owls
- Milky eagle owl - Bubo lacteus
- White-faced scops owl - Ptilopsis leucotis
- Mackinder’s eagle owl - Bubo capensis mackinderi
- African spotted eagle owl - Bubo africanus
- Woodfords owl - Strix woodfordii
- American owls
- Great horned owl - Bubo virginianus occidental
- Magellanic horned owl - Bubo magellanicus
- Burrowing owl - Athene/Speotyto cunicularia
- Western screech owl - Otus kennicotti
- Rufous-legged owl - Strix rufipes
- Mottled owl - Strix virgata
- Spectacled owl - Pulsatix perspicillata
- American barn owl - Tyto alba pratincola
- New Zealand owls
- Boobook owl - Ninox novaeseelandiae
- West Indies owls
- Ashy-faced owl - Tyto glaucops
