Species Detail - Little Owl (Athene noctua) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Athene noctua
Little Owl
NHMSYS0000530183
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
atnoc
(Scopoli, 1769)
Bird
Species
3
3
3
01/01/1945
21/12/1981
4 May (recorded in 1960)
21 December (recorded in 1981)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Little Owl (Athene noctua), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11153