Bubo bubo Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian eagle-owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Alternative combination: Strix bubo

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Bubo according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Bubo africanus, Bubo arvernensis, Bubo florianae, Bubo incertus, Bubo insularis, Bubo lacteus, Bubo leguati, Bubo poirrieri, Bubo scandiacus, Bubo sinclairi, Bubo sumatranus, Bubo virginianus

Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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