What is Eurasian eagle-owl?
{{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn | authors = BirdLife International | title = ''Bubo bubo'' | volume = 2016 | page = e.T22688927A86872241 | year = 2016 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688927A86872241.en }}</ref> | image = Bubo bubo 3 (Martin Mecnarowski).jpg | image2 =BuboBuboMariankaSlovakia2012.ogg |image2_caption=Territorial call of male, recorded near [[Marianka]], [[Slovakia]] | genus = Bubo | species = bubo | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = See [[#Subspecies|text]]. | range_map = Bubo bubo distribution map.png | range_map_caption = Range of Eurasian eagle-owl | synonyms = *''Bubo ignavus'' <small>Forster, 1817</small> *''Bubo maximus'' *''Strix bubo'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} [[File:Bubo bubo bubo MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.157.1.jpg|thumb|''Bubo bubo bubo'']] The '''Eurasian eagle-owl''' (''Bubo bubo'') is a species of [[eagle-owl]] that is found in [[Palearctic|Eurasia]]. It is also called the '''European eagle-owl'''. In Europe, it is just called the '''eagle-owl'''.<ref>Andrews P. 1990. ''Owls, caves and fossils: predation, preservation and accumulation of small mammal bones in caves, with an analysis of the [[Pleistocene]] cave faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, [[Somerset]], UK''. University of Chicago Press.</ref> It is one of the largest species of [[owl]]. Females grow to a total length of 75&nbsp;cm (30&nbsp;in), with a wingspan of 188&nbsp;cm (6&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in); males are slightly smaller.<ref name= Mikkola>Mikkola H. 2012. ''Owls of the World: a photographic guide''. Firefly Books. {{ISBN|9781770851368}}</ref> The bird has distinctive ear tufts. The Eurasian eagle-owl is found in many habitats, but is mostly a bird of mountainous regions or other [[Rock (geology)|rocky areas]], often near [[woodland]] edge and [[shrub]]s or [[wetland]]s to hunt their prey.<ref name= Voous>Voous K.H. 1988. ''Owls of the Northern Hemisphere''. The MIT Pr