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Tawny Owl - Strix aluco - Bosuil
Eurasia to North-Africa.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Strix aluco aluco - North-, Central- and Southeast-Europe to Ukraine and European Russia;
Strix aluco biddulphi - Pakistan and Northwest-India;
Strix aluco harmsi - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan;
Strix aluco sanctinicolai - Northeast-Iraq and West-Iran;
Strix aluco siberiae - Ural Mountains to West-Siberia;
Strix aluco sylvatica - Britain, France, Iberia, South-Italy, Greece, West- and Central-Turkey;
Strix aluco wilkonskii - Northeast-Turkey and Northwest-Iran to Turkmenistan.
Of this species there are also Zoo Photo's available.