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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

About Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Owls And Nightjars
  • Family: Typical Owls

The great horned owl, also known as the tiger owl 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 primary diet is 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.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2006-11-21

    Parque National Cajas, Ecuador

  • 2007-01-19

    Bernal Hill, United States of America
    Image from 2007-01-19
    Image from 2007-01-19
    Image from 2007-01-19
    Image from 2007-01-19

  • 2008-04-22

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America
    Image from 2008-04-22

  • 2009-04-04

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America
    Nestling

  • 2009-05-09

    Nelson Lake Forest Preserve, United States of America

  • 2010-01-03

    Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America

  • 2011-07-15

    Pantanal, Brazil
    Image from 2011-07-15

  • 2012-05-20

    Pyramid Lake, United States of America
    Saw silhouette only. Landed in some sagegrass after flight from direction of a number of trees.

  • 2012-07-11

    Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit, United States of America
    Juvenile on ridge was shrieking, and there was a "whoop whoop whoop" response from the ground and in a tree.
    Image from 2012-07-11

  • 2012-12-06

    Solano County Farmlands, United States of America

  • 2013-04-19

    Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America

  • 2014-04-05

    Cosumnes River Preserve, United States of America

  • 2014-05-09

    Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station, United States of America
    Heard only.

  • 2015-01-18

    Tilden Regional Park, United States of America
    Two calling during the daytime, was able to locate one of them

  • 2015-05-03

    Glen Canyon Park, United States of America
    Image from 2015-05-03
    Image from 2015-05-03

  • 2016-12-17

    Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America

  • 2020-07-20

    Goose Lake, United States of America

  • 2020-08-20

    Bernal Hill, United States of America

  • 2021-08-21

    Ventana Wilderness, United States of America

  • 2021-10-08

    Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden, United States of America
    Image from 2021-10-08

  • 2022-01-15

    Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America

  • 2025-05-03

    Bernal Hill, United States of America
    Image from 2025-05-03

  • 2025-06-15

    Bernal Hill, United States of America

  • 2025-06-22

    Bernal Hill, United States of America
    Image from 2025-06-22

  • 2025-10-17

    Mount Davidson, United States of America