Great horned owl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great horned owl lives – recorded in 15 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bubo virginianus
Group	Owls
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	15 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Strigiformes
Family	Strigidae

Where does the great horned owl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great horned owl in 15 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America, Indonesia, Pará.

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 horned owl endangered?

The great horned 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 horned owl?

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is a bird in the order Strigiformes and the family Strigidae, genus Bubo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great horned owl

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air") or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. Its diet consists primarily of rabbits and hares, rats and mice, and voles; it remains one of the few regular predators of skunk. Hunting also includes rodents, larger mid-sized mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great horned owl (revision 1381361928), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q81515 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).