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Meanings of Strix aluco in English

Portuguese
coruja-do-mato
Catalan
gamarús

Reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes.

        coruja-do-mato
        Synonyms
        Examples for "tawny owl"
        Examples for "tawny owl"
        1
        They in turn provide food for heron, tawny owl, kestrel and buzzard.
        The Guardian
        2
        It is England's tawny owl which utters the tu-whit-tu-whoo of Georgian poetry.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The 47 birds vary in species from canaries to parakeets, kestrels to the tawny owl.
        The Irish Times
        4
        An injured tawny owl scrutinises us and a roe deer shyly trots around the room.
        The Guardian
        5
        Her dæmon was a small tawny owl, almost invisible in the dappled shadows under the trees.
        The subtle knife
        Translations for Strix aluco
        Portuguese
        coruja-do-mato
        Catalan
        gamarús