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Eastern grass owl

Tyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)

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The eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris) is a species in the family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 423.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
Photo: Ronny Overhate · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the eastern grass owl

Weight
423.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the eastern grass owl live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The eastern grass owl is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the eastern grass owl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris), also known as Chinese grass owl or Australasian grass owl, is a species of owl in the family Tytonidae. They feed predominantly on small rodents.

Though some authorities consider this owl to be conspecific with the African grass owl, T. capensis, other consider it to be a valid species.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern grass owl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_grass_owl&oldid=1344410142), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the eastern grass owl endangered?

The eastern grass owl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the eastern grass owl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderStrigiformes
  5. familyTytonidae
  6. genusTyto
  7. SpeciesTyto longimembris (Jerdon, 1839)

Synonyms Aluco longimembris, Strix candida, Strix longimembris, Strix oustaleti, Tyto longimembris oustaleti

Other names and names in other languages (52)
  • Australasian grass-owlEnglish
  • Eastern grass-owlEnglish
  • Eastern grass-owlEnglish
  • Eastern grass-owlEnglish
  • بومة أعشاب شرقيةArabic
  • بومة الأعشاب الشرقيةArabic
  • Otluq şərq alabayquşuAzerbaijani
  • Източна забулена соваBulgarian
  • òliba camallarga orientalCatalan
  • sova proměnliváCzech
  • sova zlatočernáCzech
  • GræsslørugleDanish
  • GraseuleGerman
  • Östliche GraseuleGerman
  • longkrura turstrigoEsperanto
  • Lechuza patilargaSpanish
  • padu-loorkakkEstonian
  • aasianruohopöllöFinnish
  • Effraie de prairieFrench
  • travnjačka kukuvijaCroatian
  • hosszúszárnyú gyöngybagolyHungarian
  • Serak padangIndonesian
  • Barbagianni australasiaticoItalian
  • Barbagianni delle erbe orientaleItalian
  • ヒガシメンフクロウJapanese
  • julunybarrkgs
  • 가면올빼미Korean
  • rytinė liepsnotoji pelėdaLithuanian
  • പുൽമൂങ്ങMalayalam
  • Burung Hantu RumputMalay
  • Chooyééł Dineʼé Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ biniiʼłigaiiNavajo
  • घाँसे लाटोकोसेरोNepali
  • Aziatische GrasuilDutch
  • engslørugleNorwegian
  • płomykówka długonogaPolish
  • coruja-do-capimPortuguese
  • coruja-das-ervasPortuguese
  • Травяная сипухаRussian
  • Восточная травяная сипухаRussian
  • Травяная восточная сипухаRussian
  • plamienka dlhonoháSlovak
  • Australazijska livadska kukuvijaSerbian
  • orientgräsugglaSwedish
  • นกแสกทุ่งหญ้าThai
  • Doğu Çayır BaykuşuTurkish
  • Doğu peçeli baykuşuTurkish
  • сипуха східнаUkrainian
  • Cú lợn đồng cỏ châu ÚcVietnamese
  • 草鴞Chinese
  • 東方草鴞Chinese
  • 草鴞〔東方草鴞〕Chinese
  • 草鸮Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern grass owl

Other species in the same genus Tyto.

VU, Vulnerable
Red owl (Tyto soumagnei)

Red owl

Tyto soumagnei

Tytonidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern grass owl?

An adult eastern grass owl weighs 423.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the eastern grass owl live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the eastern grass owl for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the eastern grass owl endangered?

The eastern grass owl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the eastern grass owl?

The eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris) belongs to the family Tytonidae in the order Strigiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-grass-owl

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BibTeX
@misc{eastern_grass_owl_2026,
  title = {Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-grass-owl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}