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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 South American great horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu), also known as the Colombian great horned owl, Venezuelan great horned owl, or desert great horned owl, is a subspecies of the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus. [1] It lives in tropical South America.
Great horned owl. Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae. The 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. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
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 ...
Among the latter, the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), in the Americas, and the Eurasian eagle-owl (B. bubo) are noted predators of barn owls. Despite some sources claiming that there is little evidence of predation by great horned owls, one study from Washington found that 10.9% of the local great horned owl's diet was made up of barn owls.
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Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (H) Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia (V) Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus; Falcons. Order: Falconiformes ...
Snowy owl: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) 180 Great horned owl: Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 181 Lesser horned owl: Bubo magellanicus (Lesson, RP, 1828) 182 Eurasian eagle-owl: Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) 183 Indian eagle-owl: Bubo bengalensis (Franklin, 1831) 143 Pharaoh eagle-owl: Bubo ascalaphus Savigny, 1809: 185 Cape eagle-owl ...