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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") [3] or the hoot owl, [4] 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. [5]
The genus Bubo was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist André Duméril for the horned owls. [2] The type species is the Eurasian eagle-owl. [3] The word bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle owl and was used as the specific epithet for the species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [4]
The great horned owl is indeed likely to be the greatest natural enemy of the barred owl. [9] [42] There are several accounts of the horned owl species preying on nestlings, fledglings and adults of the barred. [7] [42] [91] [196] Other than horned owls, predation of the barred owl seems to be fairly rare outside of the nestling age, both due ...
The great horned owl will appropriate a nest previously occupied by a great blue heron or by a hawk. A screech owl depends upon natural tree cavities in large trees. Other small owls will avail ...
Once full-grown, great horned owls’ inborn anatomy makes them exceptional hunters — with their sharp eyesight, strong hearing and the ability to soar up to 40 mph in near-silence, the land ...
Great horned owl: Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 181 Lesser horned owl: ... Pacific screech owl: Megascops cooperi (Ridgway, 1878) 212 Western screech owl:
The West Bend owls' nesting site, though rare, is not unprecedented. In 1996 great-horned owls in Lawrence, Kansas, nested in a flower pot on a patio and hatched two owlets.
Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus (A) (SB) Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (A) Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia; Long-eared owl ...