Eagle Owl

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With flame-orange eyes and a 1.8 m span, the Eurasian eagle owl rules dusk cliffs from Spain to Siberia. It waits on rocky ledges, then drops on rabbits, ducks or young foxes. Deep hoots echo on winter nights as lifelong pairs guard their craggy domain.

Habitat: The Eagle Owl can be found in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, North-korea, South-korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan