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The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) (also great gray owl in American English) is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere , and it is the only species in the genus Strix found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
The source for birds in the U.S. territories is the Avibase website: Bird checklists of the world (American Samoa), [6] Bird checklists of the world (Guam), [3] Bird checklists of the world (Northern Mariana Islands), [5] Bird checklists of the world (Puerto Rico), [4] Bird checklists of the world (United States Virgin Islands), [9] and Bird ...
Pages in category "Owls of North America" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barred owl; E.
American barn owl; B. Burrowing owl; G. Great horned owl This page was last edited on 4 September 2020, at 16:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Great horned owls seem to be the most long-lived owl in North America. Among all owls, they may outrank even the larger Eurasian eagle owl in known longevity records from the wild, [6] with almost 29 years being the highest age for an owl recorded in North America. [198] In captivity, the record for the longest lived great horned owl was 50 ...
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The largest owls are two similarly sized eagle owls; the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) and Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni). The largest females of these species are 71 cm (28 in) long, have a 190 cm (75 in) wing span, and weigh 4.2 kg ( 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 lb).