Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758
(Tawny Owl)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStrix aluco (Tawny Owl)
GenusStrix (a genus of birds)
FamilySTRIGIDAE (a family of owls)
OrderSTRIGIFORMES (owls)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hewson, C., Fuller, R., Mayle, B. & Smith, K. 2004 Possible impacts of Grey Squirrels on birds and other wildlife British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 183-191.

Strix aluco (Tawny Owl) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Strix aluco (Tawny Owl)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Strix aluco (Tawny Owl)
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