Owls in France
Our list for France has 7 owls recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRecorded all year
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Scops-owl 19–21 cm
- Little Owl 21–23 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Tawny Owl 37–43 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made