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Tengmalm’s Owl Aegolius funereus   [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae
BTO Codes: , TENOW EURING No: 7700
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: funereus recorded in Britain (of 7 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 58 cm Weight: M/F: 150 g    
Scientific name from: Gr. Aigolios=owl (specifically of ill-omen) and L.: funereus=funereal (from funus=a funeral)
World Distribution: n&c Europe, n&c Asia, n North America
Habitat: Boreal forest & mixed woodland
Diet: Voles, also mice, shrews, some birds; nocturnal
TitBit: One male may mate with up to three females, and a female will occasionally mate with two different males; such shenanigans occur most frequently when mice numbers are high.  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Northumberland, 1812
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 7 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Lothian (1860), Northeast (1886), Orkney (1986), Perth & Kinross (1915), Shetland (1912),
   North-east England: Cleveland , Durham , Northumberland (1911), East Yorkshire (1983), North Yorkshire (1901),
   North-west England: Cumbria , Lancashire ,
   English Midlands: Northamptonshire , Shropshire , Worcestershire (1901),
   Eastern England: Essex (1877), Lincolnshire , Norfolk (1903), Suffolk (1901),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1864), Isle of Wight , Kent , Oxfordshire ,
   South-west England: No Records
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Boreal Owl
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Perleugle Dutch: Ruigpootuil
Finnish: Helmipöllö French: Chouette de Tengmalm
German: Rauhfußkauz Hungarian: Gatyáskuvik
Icelandic: Skálmugla Irish:
Italian: Civetta capogrosso Norwegian: Perleugle
Polish: Wlochatka zwyczajna Portuguese: Mocho de Tengmalm
Spanish: Búho de Tengmalm Swedish: Pärluggla
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Mikkola, H. 1983 Owls of Europe Poyser, Calton [598.71 MIK]
See Also:
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
BOU Register of Avian Theses entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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