Key Facts
Family:
Strigidae
Diet:
Mammals, up to the size of adult hares or even young deer, as well as birds up to the size of herons and geese, and occasionally amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects.
Life Span:
20 years wild | 60 years captivity
Number of Young:
2 - 3 eggs
Distribution:
Mainland Europe, across Asia, and occasionally North Africa
Habitat:
Mainly remote rocky areas, river valleys, ravines, quarries
