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Fearful owl

Asio solomonensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1901)

Status not recordedowls

The fearful owl (Asio solomonensis) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.16 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the fearful owl

Weight
1.16 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the fearful 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 fearful 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.

Is the fearful owl endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the fearful owl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderStrigiformes
  5. familyStrigidae
  6. genusAsio
  7. SpeciesAsio solomonensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1901)

Synonyms Nesasio solomonensis, Pseudoptynx solomonensis

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • بومة مخيفةArabic
  • mussol de les illes SalomóCatalan
  • kalous šalamounskýCzech
  • kalous šalomounskýCzech
  • Ørnenæbbet UgleDanish
  • SalomoneneuleGerman
  • SalomonenkauzGerman
  • salomona orelstrigoEsperanto
  • Búho de las SalomónSpanish
  • pagurätsEstonian
  • isojalkapöllöFinnish
  • Hibou redoutableFrench
  • solomonska sovaCroatian
  • félelmetes bagolyHungarian
  • Gufo timorosoItalian
  • Gufo delle isole SalomoneItalian
  • Gufo delle SalomoneItalian
  • オニコミミズクJapanese
  • saliamoninė ausuotoji pelėdaLithuanian
  • SalomonsoehoeDutch
  • kampugleNorwegian
  • uszatka kreskowanaPolish
  • bufo-das-salomãoPortuguese
  • coruja-das-salomãoPortuguese
  • Nesasio solomonensisPortuguese
  • Пугающая соваRussian
  • Соломонская ушастая соваRussian
  • myšiarka šalamúnskaSlovak
  • Sova sa Solomonskih ostrvaSerbian
  • skräckugglaSwedish
  • Solomon Adaları BaykuşuTurkish
  • сова соломонськаUkrainian
  • 恐鴞Chinese
  • 所罗门鸮Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistWikidata

Relatives of the fearful owl

Other species in the same genus Asio.

LC, Least Concern
Marsh owl (Asio capensis)

Marsh owl

Asio capensis

Strigidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fearful owl?

An adult fearful owl weighs 1.16 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the fearful owl live?

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

What kind of animal is the fearful owl?

The fearful owl (Asio solomonensis) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fearful owl (Asio solomonensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fearful-owl

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BibTeX
@misc{fearful_owl_2026,
  title = {Fearful owl (Asio solomonensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fearful-owl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}