Eurasian eagle-owl Facts for Kids
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A huge owl with orange eyes and ear tufts.
- 🏃 speed: not yet checked
- ⚖️ 3.5 to 9.3 lb1.6 to 4.2 kg1
- 📏 23 to 28 in58 to 71 cm1 long
- 🎂 10 to 20 years10 to 20 years1
- 🍽️ meat
- Doing fine (Least Concern)
A Eurasian eagle-owl is a huge owl with ear tufts. It lives in many kinds of places in Europe and Asia. It eats rats, mice and voles.
Eurasian eagle-owls live in Europe, Asia and North Africa, in many kinds of places: forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland. They eat almost anything they can catch, such as rats, mice, voles and beetles.
The Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the biggest owls. It lives in Europe, Asia and North Africa, in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland. Females are bigger than males, and owls in the north are bigger than owls in the south. It eats almost anything it can catch, such as rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds. In the wild it can live for about twenty years.
How big is a eurasian eagle-owl?
Eurasian eagle-owl in numbers
| Length | 23 to 28 in58 to 71 cm1 |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | no checked number yet |
| Weight | 3.5 to 9.3 lb1.6 to 4.2 kg1 |
| Top speed | no checked number yet |
| How long it lives | 10 to 20 years10 to 20 years1in the wild |
| What it eats | rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds |
| Where it lives | forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa |
| What kind | Birds |
| Is it in danger? | Doing fine (Least Concern)2 |
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- A Eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, deserts and mountains.
- Females are bigger than males.
- It eats almost anything it can catch.
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Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, Eurasian eagle-owl (Q130933), checked 30 October 2026.