English: Eurasian Eagle Owl, Common Eagle Owl, Great
Eagle Owl
Russian: Филин
Mongolian:
Эгэл шаршувуу
German: Uhu
French: Grand-duc d’Europe
Japanese: ワシミミズク (Washi-mimizuku)
Body length: 26-75 cm
Wing Span: 138-170 cm
Resident breeder
Breeding season: April-July
Egg number: 1-3
Egg colour: Dull white
Brood: 1 per year
Global status: Least Concern
Regional status: Least Concern
Food: Small to medium-sized mammals, birds
and amphibians
Habitat: They hold their breeding sites all
year around. Breeding pairs do not build their own nest. The nest is a shallow
unlined scrape on the ground, steep hillsides, on the crags of ledges, gorges
or cliffs, usually sheltered by bushes and tall grasses, in rock crevices or
caves, in large tree hollows, and large old nests of other bird species.