page_title: List of birds of Sweden
section_title: Owls
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Sweden / Owls
caption_attribution_description: Latina: Strix aluco aluco English: Tawny Owl Polski: Puszczyk Magyar: Macskabagoly
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Sweden. The avifauna of Sweden included a total of 514 confirmed species as of April 2019, according to Birdlife Sverige. From eBird, a pair of species resulting from a taxonomic "split" have replaced one of the species on the SEO list, and an additional species has been added. Of the 516 species listed here, 205 are accidental and one has been introduced by humans. One is extinct.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species that has occurred fewer than 100 times in Sweden
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Sweden as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions, and has become established
context_section_description: Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae
  Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.
  Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops (A)
  Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo
  Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
  Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
  Eurasian pygmy-owl, Glaucidium passerinum
  Little owl, Athene noctua (A)
  Tawny owl, Strix aluco
  Ural owl, Strix uralensis
  Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
  Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
  Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
caption: Tawny owl
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