Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus - Grand-duc d'Amérique

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Bubo
Species
:
virginianus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 51 à 60 cm
Wingspan
: 134 à 152 cm.
Weight
: 1000 à 1500 g

Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 15 subspecies

Bubo virginianus virginianus (se Canada to c and e USA)
Bubo virginianus algistus (w Alaska)
Bubo virginianus lagophonus (c Alaska to ne Oregon, Idaho and nw Montana. USA.)
Bubo virginianus saturatus (coastal se Alaska to coastal n California. USA.)
Bubo virginianus pacificus (coastal c California. USA. to nw Baja California (Mexico))
Bubo virginianus subarcticus (wc Canada to n Idaho. USA.)
Bubo virginianus pallescens (sw USA to s Mexico)
Bubo virginianus pinorum (s Idaho to n Arizona and n New Mexico. USA.)
Bubo virginianus heterocnemis (ne Canada to the Great Lakes region)
Bubo virginianus elachistus (s Baja California. Mexico.)
Bubo virginianus mayensis (Yucatán Pen.. se Mexico.)
Bubo virginianus mesembrinus (s Mexico to w Panama)
Bubo virginianus nigrescens (Colombia to nw Peru)
Bubo virginianus nacurutu (e Colombia through the Guianas to n, e Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and c Peru)
Bubo virginianus deserti (ne Brazil. nc Bahia.)

Foreign names

Grand-duc d'Amérique,
Búho americano,
corujão-orelhudo,
Virginiauhu,
amerikai uhu,
Amerikaanse Oehoe,
Gufo reale della Virginia,
virginiauv,
Amerikahubro,
výr bielobradý,
výr virginský,
Amerikansk Stor Hornugle,
amerikanhuuhkaja,
duc de Virgínia,
puchacz wirginijski,
Amerikas ūpis,
Виргинский филин,
アメリカワシミミズク,
美洲雕鸮,
virginiauv,
大鵰鴞,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
The Birds of Panama, George R.Anger Robert Dean
HBW Alive,
The Owl Pages, Deane P.Lewis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest