eagle owl

See also: eagle-owl

English

Alternative forms

eagle-owl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡəl ˈɑʊl/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

eagle owl (plural eagle owls)

Any of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts.

Usage notes

According to relatively recent genetic research the genus Bubo also includes snowy owl (former Nyctea), fish owls (former Ketupa) and fishing owls (former Scotopelia). Further research may result in new different split of the genus.

Derived terms

great eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Translations

large owl of genus Bubo

Albanian: buf (sq) m
Aragonese: bobón m
Asturian: curuxón (ast), gárabu (ast), uxu (ast)
Azerbaijani: yapalaq
Basque: hontz handi
Belarusian: фі́лін (fílin)
Breton: toud meur
Bulgarian: бухал (bg) m (buhal)
Catalan: duc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵰鴞／雕鸮 (zh)
Crimean Tatar: puğu
Czech: výr (cs) m
Danish: stor hornugle c
Dutch: oehoe (nl) m
Esperanto: gufo (eo)
Estonian: kassikakk (et)
Faroese: stór hornugla f
Finnish: huuhkaja (fi)
French: grand duc (fr) m
Friulian: dűc, dűt
Galician: bufo real m
German: Uhu (de) m; Schuhu m (dialectal)
Greek: μπούφος (el) m (boúfos)
Ancient: βύας m (búas)
Hebrew: אוח (he) m (oakh)
Hungarian: uhu (hu)
Icelandic: úfur (is)
Indonesian: burung hantu bertanduk
Ingrian: hyypiäs, öölapakko
Irish: rí-ulchabhán m
Italian: gufo reale m
Japanese: 鷲わし木菟みみずく (washimimizuku), ワシミミズク (ja)
Kumyk: ябалакъ (yabalaq)
Ladin: duch, puin
Latgalian: opūgs m
Latin: (Linnaeus) Bubo bubo
Latvian: ūpis
Lithuanian: didysis apuokas
Lower Sorbian: šubut, wjelika sowa
Macedonian: голем був (golem buv), голем ушест був m (golem ušest buv)
Maltese: kokka imperjali
Manx: hullad vooar f
Negidal: умулгин
Norwegian: hubro
Occitan: ducàs, duganelàs
Polish: puchacz (pl) m
Portuguese: bufo-real m, corujão (pt) m
Romani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: bufniță (ro) f
Romansch: piv grond m
Russian: фи́лин (ru) m (fílin)
Sami:
Northern Sami: lidnu

Skolt Sami: hõʹppi
Sardinian: cuccu m, cuccumeu m
Scottish Gaelic: cailleach-oidhche-mhòr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: велика ушара f, буљина f

Roman: sova ušara (sh)
Slovak: výr skalný m
Slovene: velika uharica f
Southern Altai: ӱкӱ (ükü)
Spanish: búho real m
Swahili: kungwi
Swedish: berguv (sv) c
Turkish: puhu (tr)
Turkmen: hüwi
Ukrainian: пугач (uk) m (puhač)
Upper Sorbian: šubut m, pujwuj m
Venetian: dùgo m
Vietnamese: cú đại bàng
Volapük: lilalül (vo)
Welsh: tylluan fawr f, tylluan eryraidd f
West Frisian: oehoe

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Sami: bealljeskuolfi (this is most likely an alternative Northern Sami term to "eagle owl" as beallji means "ear" and skuolfi "snowy owl" in Northern Sami), bumbbástat