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Animals of Luxembourg
26 animals on this site have a range that includes Luxembourg. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
26 profiles
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Carrion crow
Corvus corone
The carrion crow is an all-black crow of western Europe and eastern Asia with a heavy bill and a harsh croak.
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Common blackbird
Turdus merula
The common blackbird is a true thrush of Europe, North Africa and western Asia, and the male is glossy black with a yellow eye-ring.
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Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
The common buzzard is a broad-winged hawk of Europe and northern Asia, and the commonest bird of prey across most of that range.
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Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.
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Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
The common nightingale is a small brown songbird of dense scrub in Europe and western Asia.
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Common swift
Apus apus
The common swift is a blackish-brown bird with narrow curved wings that catches every meal in the air.
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Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
The Egyptian goose is a pale brown waterbird of African rivers, lakes and grassland, marked by a dark ring around each eye.
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Eurasian blue tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
The Eurasian blue tit is a small blue and yellow songbird of European woods, parks and gardens.
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Eurasian eagle-owl
Bubo bubo
The Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the largest owls in the world, with orange eyes and long ear tufts.
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Eurasian jay
Garrulus glandarius
The Eurasian jay is a pinkish-brown crow with a bright blue panel on each wing.
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Eurasian magpie
Pica pica
The Eurasian magpie is a long-tailed crow of temperate Eurasia, black and white with a green and violet sheen.
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Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is a small hawk that hunts other birds by ambush.
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European badger
Meles meles
The European badger is a stocky, striped-faced mustelid that lives in family clans across Europe and western Asia.
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European pine marten
Martes martes
The European pine marten is a cat-sized mustelid with a brown coat and a cream bib.
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European polecat
Mustela putorius
The European polecat is a dark, stocky mustelid with a pale face mask that hunts frogs, voles and rabbits by night.
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European robin
Erithacus rubecula
The European robin is a small orange breasted songbird of European woods, parks and gardens.
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Great tit
Parus major
The great tit is the largest European tit, with a black head, white cheeks and a yellow breast.
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Grey heron
Ardea cinerea
The grey heron is a tall grey and white wading bird of European, Asian and African wetlands.
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Least weasel
Mustela nivalis
The least weasel is the smallest carnivore in the world, a tube-shaped hunter that follows voles and mice down their own tunnels.
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Long-tailed tit
Aegithalos caudatus
The long-tailed tit is a tiny black, white and pink bird with a tail longer than its body.
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Red fox
Vulpes vulpes
The red fox has the widest range of any wild carnivore.
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Red squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
The red squirrel is a small tree squirrel of the conifer and broadleaf forests of Europe and northern Asia.
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Roe deer
Capreolus capreolus
The roe deer is the smallest and most common deer in Europe, red in summer and grey in winter.
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Rook
Corvus frugilegus
The rook is a large black crow of European and Asian farmland, known by the bare pale skin around the base of its bill.
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Tawny owl
Strix aluco
The tawny owl is the common night owl of European woodland, with a round head, black eyes and no ear tufts.
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Wild boar
Sus scrofa
The wild boar is the wild pig of Europe, Asia and North Africa and the ancestor of the domestic pig.
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