Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. The eagle-owls of the genus Bubo are all called “Uhu“. As a rule of thumb, with quite a number of exceptions, if the species sports feathery ears and is not an eagle-owls, it’s an “Eule“. Yupp, you read that correctly.
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