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title: "Nornik bury"
description: "Microtus agrestis — Ssaki. The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis), is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/field-vole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Nornik bury

> Microtus agrestis — Ssaki. The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis), is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail.

- Scientific name: *Microtus agrestis*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 2580
- Wikidata: [Q264793](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264793)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44282](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44282)

## Names

- en: Field Vole
- de: Erdmaus
- es: Topillo Agreste
- fr: Campagnol agreste
- it: Arvicola agreste
- nl: Aardmuis
- pl: Nornik bury

## Countries with the most observations

GB (803), DK (59), FI (45), FR (24), RU (16), PL (15), PT (14), ES (13), NO (13), SE (12), DE (11), BE (5)

## Summary

The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis), is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the Atlantic coast to Lake Baikal. These voles are found in moist grassy habitats, such as woodland, marsh or on river banks. Although they make shallow burrows, they usually build nests above ground. They are an important food source for owls and some other predators and their population size tends to peak and trough cyclically. Field voles breed prolifically, mainly in summer, but often…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-tailed_field_vole

## Photo

![Nornik bury](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/field-vole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Koch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63815618

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/field-vole?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).