brown owl

Silent hunter. The calls of the tawny owl (Strix aluco) sound dark and eerie and are used as an interlude in night scenes in many crime novels. Tawny owls use these sounds to mark their territory, which can be heard especially in autumn and late winter. The silent hunters are well camouflaged and have a grey-brown or reddish-brown basic colour to their plumage. The owls' large heads have no feathered ears and sit on a stocky torso.

Large round button eyes and a darkly framed light face veil give the tawny owl its typical appearance. Tawny owls can grow to be 40-42 cm and weigh between 400 and 600 g. Females are slightly larger and heavier than the males. Your flight is almost noiseless. This is due to the particularly dense and velvety padding of the wings and the comb-like teeth on the outer wing springs. They swirl the airflow and suppress any sound.