Table 3.
Total number of individuals (n) of owls in the freezers of the 35 NHMs
Common name | Scientific name | n | % of total specimens in the 35 NHMs |
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Tawny owl | Strix aluco | 167 | 18.1 |
Long-eared owl | Asio otus | 149 | 16.1 |
Ural owl | Strix uralensis | 146 | 15.8 |
Barn owl | Tyto alba | 108 | 11.7 |
Eagle owl | Bubo bubo | 106 | 11.5 |
Boreal owl | Aegolius funereus | 63 | 6.8 |
Little owl | Athene noctua | 54 | 5.8 |
Eurasian pygmy owl | Glaucidium passerinum | 53 | 5.7 |
Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus | 24 | 2.6 |
Scops owl | Otus scops | 17 | 1.8 |
Great grey owl | Strix nebulosa | 17 | 1.8 |
Hawk owl | Surnia ulula | 15 | 1.6 |
Snowy owl | Bubo scandiacus | 4 | 0.4 |
Rock eagle owl | Bubo bengalensis | 1 | 0.1 |
Total number of specimens | 924 | 100 | |
Total number of species | 14 |