{"id":6053,"date":"2022-11-08T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/voegel-der-schweiz\/tawny-owl\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:39:43","slug":"tawny-owl","status":"publish","type":"voegel-der-schweiz","link":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tawny Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":126300,"template":"","afvs_foerdermassnahmen":[],"afvs_npa-handlungsebene":[],"afvs_lebensraum":[],"afvs_nahrung":[],"afvs_stakeholder":[],"afvs_npa-verantwortung":[],"lebensraum":[358,366,370],"nahrung":[345,357,376],"afvs_npa-dringlichkeit":[],"rote-liste-schweiz":[355],"vogelgruppe":[407],"class_list":["post-6053","voegel-der-schweiz","type-voegel-der-schweiz","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","lebensraum-wald","lebensraum-siedlungen","lebensraum-halboffenes-kulturland","nahrung-amphibien","nahrung-saeuger","nahrung-voegel","rote-liste-schweiz-nicht-bedroht-lc","vogelgruppe-ohreulen-und-kaeuze"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vogelarten: Tawny Owl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vogelarten: Tawny Owl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swiss Ornithological Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vogelwarte.ch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T14:39:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3140_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@vogelwarte_ch\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vogelarten: Tawny Owl\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3140_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-08T12:28:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-11T14:39:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3140_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3140_1.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/birds-of-switzerland\\\/tawny-owl\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tawny Owl\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Swiss Ornithological Institute\",\"description\":\"We investigate and protect what we are passionate about.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swiss Ornithological Institute\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Swiss Ornithological Institute\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vogelwarte.ch\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/vogelwarte.ch\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/vogelwarte_ch\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/vogelwarte.ch\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCcoly0iouWGEEIlUfyTsYDA\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vogelarten: Tawny Owl","description":"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vogelarten: Tawny Owl","og_description":"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/","og_site_name":"Swiss Ornithological Institute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vogelwarte.ch","article_modified_time":"2026-03-11T14:39:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3140_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@vogelwarte_ch","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/","name":"Vogelarten: Tawny Owl","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3140_1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-08T12:28:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-11T14:39:43+00:00","description":"After nightfall in late winter, you often hear the eery, howling mating calls of the male Tawny Owl to which the female responds with a shrill kew-wick. Our most common owl species occurs by no means only in woods, it regularly inhabits parks in large cities. During the day, the Tawny Owl mostly dozes outside its tree cavity. When detected, it is often scolded by a band of violently nagging small birds that are on its list of prey.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3140_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3140_1.jpg","width":1600,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/tawny-owl\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tawny Owl"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/","name":"Swiss Ornithological Institute","description":"We investigate and protect what we are passionate about.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#organization","name":"Swiss Ornithological Institute","url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"Swiss Ornithological Institute"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vogelwarte.ch","https:\/\/x.com\/vogelwarte_ch","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vogelwarte.ch\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcoly0iouWGEEIlUfyTsYDA"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/voegel-der-schweiz\/6053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/voegel-der-schweiz"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/voegel-der-schweiz"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"afvs_foerdermassnahmen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_foerdermassnahmen?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_npa-handlungsebene","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_npa-handlungsebene?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_lebensraum","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_lebensraum?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_nahrung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_nahrung?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_stakeholder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_stakeholder?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_npa-verantwortung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_npa-verantwortung?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"lebensraum","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lebensraum?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"nahrung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nahrung?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"afvs_npa-dringlichkeit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afvs_npa-dringlichkeit?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"rote-liste-schweiz","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rote-liste-schweiz?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"vogelgruppe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vogelgruppe?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}