Owls in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 5 owls recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Owl 21–23 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 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