Eastern Siberian Eagle Owl
Scientific name: Bubo bubo yenisseensis
Height: 580mm to 710mm
Geographical distribution: central Siberia between Ob river, Lake Baikal, Altai mountains, and north Mongolia
Habitat: mountainous forest, semi-desert and rocky slopes
Diet: large birds, a variety of small- and medium-sized mammals including rabbits and hares, roe deer fawns, young foxes, hedgehogs and farmyard cats. Also frogs, newts and crabs
Status: widespread, but everywhere scarce, locally endangered
Here are the names of the Eastern Siberian Eagle owls we have at the sanctuary:
OLGA
TOMSK
KANSK
SYLVI
LIGHTNING MCQUEEN