From VLAB - Verein für Landschaftspflege, Artenschutz & Biodiversität e. V.
German Text
In Deutschland brüten zehn Eulenarten - doch nicht allen geht es gut.
Vom anpassungsfähigen Waldkauz bis zum seltenen Habichtskauz zeigt jede Art, wie wichtig alte Bäume, Totholz und strukturreiche Wälder sind. Wer Offenland und Gewässer schützt und Lebensräume erhält, sorgt zugleich dafür, dass diese faszinierenden Nachtjäger weiter sicher brüten können.
Die Übersicht basiert auf aktuellen Daten des Dachverbands Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA) sowie eigenen Erhebungen.
Ten owl species breed in Germany – but not all of them are thriving.
From the adaptable Tawny owl to the rare Ural owl, each species demonstrates the importance of old trees, deadwood, and structurally diverse forests. Protecting open land and waterways and preserving habitats ensures that these fascinating nocturnal hunters can continue to breed safely.
This overview is based on current data from the German Ornithologists’ Association (DDA) and our own research.
I had to translate the graphic they included. If you want the original, it’s under the spoiler tag with the original text.
The onomatopoeic name of Uhu makes me smile every time
“Did you know Eagle Owl is Bubo bubo in Latin?”
“You ain’t heard nothing yet”
Well, maybe you would also enjoy this (inspired by the owl):
I’m sad they’ve dropped all the old owl branding and cool packaging.
In my school, “uhu” us what we call white-colored Blu-Tack™-like sticky putty because we used to buy it from that company (now Pritt is apparently cheaper). And we pronounce the “h” because Czech is almost always phonetic.
Same! There are some others around the world, like the boobooks and Morepork/Ruru, but out of all people, the Germans got an owl name down to 3 letters! 😆
It’s Výr (well, Výr velký in full binomial) in Czech, knowm by third graders learning spelling exceptions (because vír (twirl) is pronounced the same)
I love when non-English people can teach me some of these things! I try to be inclusive of the whole world of owls, but tracking things down blindly is so difficult the further from English language gets.
Most times I just try to look up how people say “owl” and try to search that. For Czech, I get sova, but when I looked up a pronunciation for Výr velký I finally stumbled on a list of what you actually call different owls, and almost none include sova anywhere in the name, so it tells me I’ve been chasing a dead end this whole time!
Now, with this new knowledge, I can better try and find Czech sources for wild owl photos, articles, and rescues!
Yes, I forgot sýc, which has 3 letters too. And there are multiple výr and sýc species but only one of each in Czechia. And both are among the 150 or so exceptions to “i/í after b/f/l/m/p/s/v/z” spelling that third-graders have to memorize (keyword “vyjmenovaná slova”). Yes, sova is the name for any member of the Strigiformes order. And we don’t normally put the adjective after the noun, only in Linnean binomial classification.
Sometimes it amazes me we’re able to learn a single language with all the rules and exceptions we all have! 😄
Výreček 🥹
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_owl with sound :D
Such a cute trill!
I’ve wanted to do a blind owl call contest somewhat like OotY, but I don’t think Lemmy has a great way to support something like that.
