📸 PhotoBubo bubo sibiricus , Herálec, Czech Republic
Photo: Martin Mecnarowski ( http://www.photomecan.eu/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo kiautschensis (Eurasian Eagle-Owl · ワシミミズク)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 📏 Length 58cm — ~2× the long side of an A4 sheet (29.7 cm)
- 🪽 Wingspan 1.5m — Wingspan is ~0.9× the height of a 1.75 m human
- ⚖️ Mass 1.6kg — Equivalent to ~26.7 chicken eggs (~60 g each)
- ⚡ Speed 60km/h — ~1.6× Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record average speed (37.6 km/h)
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
With ear-like feather tufts (plumicorns) and orange eyes, it is the apex nocturnal raptor of the Korean Peninsula's night sky (Natural Monument (Korea) No. 324-2).
🌐 Wikipedia Summary ExtractThe Eurasian eagle-owl is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides much over Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is equipped with silent flight that eliminates air turbulence noise through fine comb-like serrations on its wing feather edges, and 3D acoustic localization via asymmetrical ear openings.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is the biomimetic prototype for high-speed train pantographs and low-noise aircraft wing designs.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is Korea's representative eagle-owl, beloved since ancient times as an auspicious bird symbolizing wealth and wisdom.
📚 Sources & References
- • Wikipedia “Eurasian eagle-owl”
- • Wikidata Q130933
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • animaldiversity.org — Bubo bubo
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — the von Wright brothers · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.