Tengmalm's Owl
Introduction
A diminutive resident of northern and alpine forests in both the New and Old Worlds, Tengmalm's Owl is occasionally irruptive in its movements, and some individuals have made it as far as (northern) Britain, but it has been extremely rare in recent decades.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution. Recent records have been on the Northern Isles.
European Distribution Map
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Foreign locations of birds ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland
Dots show the foreign destinations of birds ringed in Britain & Ireland, and the origins of birds ringed overseas that were subsequently recaptured, resighted or found dead in Britain & Ireland. Dot colours indicate the time of year that the species was present at the location.
- Winter (Nov-Feb)
- Spring (Mar-Apr)
- Summer (May-Jul)
- Autumn (Aug-Oct)
European movements
EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.
The Eurasian-African Migration Atlas shows movements of individual birds ringed or recovered in Europe. See maps for this species here.
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
View number ringed each year in the Online Ringing Report.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Strigiformes
- Family: Strigidae
- Scientific name: Aegolius funereus
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
- BTO 5-letter code: TENOW
- Euring code number: 7700
Alternate species names
- Catalan: mussol pirinenc
- Czech: sýc rousný
- Danish: Perleugle
- Dutch: Ruigpootuil
- Estonian: karvasjalg-kakk e. laanekakk
- Finnish: helmipöllö
- French: Nyctale de Tengmalm
- German: Raufußkauz
- Hungarian: gatyáskuvik
- Icelandic: Skálmugla
- Italian: Civetta capogrosso
- Latvian: bikšainais apogs
- Lithuanian: paprastoji lutute
- Norwegian: Perleugle
- Polish: wlochatka (zwyczajna)
- Portuguese: mocho-funéreo
- Slovak: pôtik kapcavý
- Slovenian: koconogi cuk
- Spanish: Mochuelo boreal
- Swedish: pärluggla
