Owls in Russia
Our list for Russia has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Feb
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaScarceRare16–20 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Oriental Scops-owl 16–20 cm
- Eurasian Scops-owl 19–21 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
- Snowy Owl 52–71 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