Great horned owl

Bubo virginianus · Strigidae

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 diet consists primarily of rabbits and hares, rats and mice, and voles; it remains one of the few regular predators of skunk.

Where the Great horned owl lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in California, Texas, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado and Florida.

See the Great horned owl’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,645,992 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.