Owls: where they live
Maps and quick facts for 19 owls (great horned owl, barred owl, Eurasian eagle-owl, snowy owl, burrowing owl). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show owls on the world map
Great horned owlBubo virginianusLeast concern
Barred owlStrix variaLeast concern
Eurasian eagle-owlBubo buboLeast concern
Snowy owlBubo scandiacusVulnerable
Burrowing owlAthene cuniculariaLeast concern
Tawny owlStrix alucoLeast concern
Little owlAthene noctuaLeast concern
Great grey owlStrix nebulosaLeast concern
Western barn owlTyto albaLeast concern
Blakiston's fish owlBubo blakistoniVulnerable
Long-eared owlAsio otusLeast concern
Eastern screech owlMegascops asioLeast concern
Short-eared owlAsio flammeusLeast concern
Elf owlMicrathene whitneyiLeast concern
Spotted owlStrix occidentalisNear threatened
Eurasian scops owlOtus scopsLeast concern
Northern hawk-owlSurnia ululaLeast concern
Boreal owlAegolius funereusLeast concern
Ural owlStrix uralensisLeast concernAll 19 owls
Strigidae 18
- Barred owl Strix varia
- Blakiston's fish owl Bubo blakistoni
- Boreal owl Aegolius funereus
- Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia
- Eastern screech owl Megascops asio
- Elf owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Eurasian eagle-owl Bubo bubo
- Eurasian scops owl Otus scops
- Great grey owl Strix nebulosa
- Great horned owl Bubo virginianus
- Little owl Athene noctua
- Long-eared owl Asio otus
- Northern hawk-owl Surnia ulula
- Short-eared owl Asio flammeus
- Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus
- Spotted owl Strix occidentalis
- Tawny owl Strix aluco
- Ural owl Strix uralensis
Tytonidae 1
- Western barn owl Tyto alba