#0876 · 🐦 birds

Northern Hawk Owl

🇳🇱 Sperweruil ·Surnia ulula

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Terry Gray · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ichuck · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Alexander Yakovlev · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Syd Cannings · CC BY 4.0
7. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Константин Самодуров · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern hawk-owl or northern hawk owl ( Surnia ulula ) is a medium-sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is neither nocturnal nor crepuscular, being active only during the day. This is the only living species in the genus Surnia of the family Strigidae, the "typical" owls (as opposed to barn owls, Tytonidae).

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,564iNaturalist 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).