Great grey owl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great grey owl lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Strix nebulosa
Group	Owls
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Strigiformes
Family	Strigidae

Where does the great grey owl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great grey owl in 6 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the great grey owl endangered?

The great grey owl’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great grey owl?

The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) is a bird in the order Strigiformes and the family Strigidae, genus Strix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great grey owl

The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great grey owl (revision 1380781076), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q200724 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).