Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula)
About the Northern Hawk-Owl
The northern hawk-owl or northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula), is a medium-sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is not strictly nocturnal nor crepuscular, often being active during the day. This is the only living species in the genus Surnia of the family Strigidae, the "typical" owls (as opposed to barn owls, Tytonidae). The species is sometimes called simply the hawk owl; however, many species of owls in the genus Ninox are also called "hawk owls".
A real field recording of the Northern Hawk-Owl. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 105 recordings for this species in total.
Other birds in this region
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticarecording
- Black TernChlidonias nigerrecording
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereusrecording
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiarecording
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaearecording
- Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusillarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.