Species factsheet

Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Order: Athene noctua
Family: Owls (Strigidae)

Danish name: Kirkeugle

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Subspecies and Distribution

vidalii

w Europe

noctua

c, s and se Europe to nw Russia

indigena

Romania to Greece through Ukraine and Turkey east to s Russia

lilith

Cyprus, s Turkey to Iraq and the Sinai (Egypt)

bactriana

Iraq and Azerbaijan to Pakistan and nw India

orientalis

ne Kazakhstan, nw China

ludlowi

Himalayas

impasta

wc China

plumipes

Mongolia, sc Siberia and ne China

glaux

coastal n Africa to sw Israel

saharae

Morocco to w Egypt, c Arabia

spilogastra

e Sudan, Eritrea and ne Ethiopia

somaliensis

e Ethiopia and Somalia

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