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Bubo bubo

warning Least Concern
LC (D1)

Contributed: Asaf Mayrose, Noam Weiss, Yoav Perlman, Ezra Hadad, Barak Granit, Avner Rinot, Tuvia Kahn, Yaron Bazer, Rei Segali, Zev Labinger, Yosef Kiat, Yuvak Dax, Amir Balaban
Update Time: Jan. 1, 2011, 7:39 a.m.

Habitats Mediterranean Cliffs
Presence In Israel Resident
Breeding In Israel Breeder
Migration Types Resident
Zoographical Zones Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian
Landscape Types Mountainous, Cliffs, Rural Area
Vegetation Types Mediterranean Maquis, Mediterranean Garrigue, Steppe, Herbaceous, Plantation, Cropland
Vegetation Densities Medium, Low
Nest Locations Ground, Cliffs
Diet Types Terrestrial Vertebrates
Foraging Grounds Ground
Body Sizes Large (over 1000g)
Threat Factors Wildfires, Electrocution and collision with transmission wires, Human Settlements in Gorges, Hikers and rock climbers, Pesticide Poisoning, Habitat loss and fragmentation, Hunting and trapping, Tree planting

  • פז, ע. 1986. עופות. מתוך אלון, ע. (עורך), החי והצומח של ארץ ישראל. כרך 6. הוצאת משרד הביטחון, ישראל.
Contributed: Asaf Mayrose, Noam Weiss, Yoav Perlman, Ezra Hadad, Barak Granit, Avner Rinot, Tuvia Kahn, Yaron Bazer, Rei Segali, Zev Labinger, Yosef Kiat, Yuvak Dax, Amir Balaban

Current Occupancy Map

Current occupancy map by density
Data Missing Sporadic Limited Sites Low Density High Density
0 0 0 0 0

Distribution maps

The maps presented here provide visual information on the distribution of species in Israel from the past and present, and the changes in occupancy and breeding density during the comparison period. For further reading


Relative Abundance 2010-2020

Breeding density values in the current decade as determined from experts' opinion and observations from databases.

Relative Abundance 2010-2020 by density
Data Missing Sporadic Limited Sites Low Density High Density
8 12 12 21 19

Relative Abundance 1980-1990

Density values based primarily on the book The Birds of Israel (Shirihai 1996).

Relative Abundance 1980-1990 by density
Data Missing Sporadic Limited Sites Low Density High Density
5 14 14 17 22

Occupancy 1990-2020

The map shows differences in the species breeding distribution between the 1980's breeding map and the current weighted breeding evaluation. Negative value - species previously bred in the grid and is not presently breeding; positive value - species has not previously bred in the grid and is currently breeding.

Occupancy 1990-2020
Data Missing No Change Occupancy Increase Occupancy Decrease
6 35 1 9

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020

The map shows the changes in the relative abundance of a species in each of the distribution grids between the breeding map of the 1980s and the weighted current breeding evaluation. Negative values - decline in abundance; positive values - increase in abundance; zero - no change in abundance.

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020
80 to 100 50 20 to 30 No Change 30- to 20- 50- 100- to 80- Data Missing
0 4 2 22 12 14 11 16

Rarity
Vulnerability
Attractiveness
Endemism
Red number
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IUCN category
Threat Definition according to the red book
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