page_title: List of birds of Korea
section_title: Owls
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Korea / Owls
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Výr velký (Bubo bubo) English: Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Poland Esperanto: Gufo (Bubo bubo) Español: Búho real Polski: Puchacz (Bubo bubo) Svenska: Berguv (Bubo bubo) i Polen
context_page_description: This is a list of all birds recorded in the wild in the Korean Peninsula and its islands.
context_section_description: Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae
  Owls are 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. 11 Korean species have been recorded.
  Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops
  Sunda scops-owl, Otus lempiji
  Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo
  Snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca
  Himalayan owl, Strix nivicolum
  Ural owl, Strix uralensis
  Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
  Little owl, Athene noctua
  Northern boobook, Ninox japonica
  Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
caption: Eurasian eagle owl
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