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
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