#0705 · 🐦 birds

Little Owl

🇳🇱 Steenuil ·Athene noctua

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Kurilin M S · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Martha de Jong-Lantink · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen, Netherlands:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Fleringen, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 5264 NZ Vught, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Wageningen, Nederland:© stefan_hageman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Drenthe, NL:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The little owl ( Athene noctua ) is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa. It was introduced into Britain at the end of the nineteenth century and into the South Island of New Zealand in the early twentieth century.

base stats

NL sightings 152iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,008iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).