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Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. The California condor is one of North America's most endangered birds. A comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States follows. It includes species from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 2022.
The average global population of all mature birds is estimated to be on the order of 100 billion individuals. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The total population including younglings is somewhat higher during the breeding season of each species.
These doves are one of the most harvested migratory game birds in North America. Hunters killed approximately 11 million mourning doves in 2020 and 9 million the following year, according to the U ...
Barn owls live in open habitats across most of the lower 48 United States. Nest boxes have helped populations recover in areas where natural nest sites were scarce, according to the Cornell Lab of ...
The western burrowing owls (A. c. hypugaea) are most common in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, as well as in most of the western states. Known resident populations inhabit areas of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California, where their population is reportedly threatened by human encroachment and construction.
One of the largest snowy owl irruptions in recent history was the winter of 2017-18, when 280 of the big birds were documented in Wisconsin, according to DNR data.
For a simple list of all owl species, see the article "List of owl species". Extinct species: Bermuda saw-whet owl , described from fossil records and explorer accounts of the bird in the 17th century.