Jamaican owl
Asio grammicus (Gosse, 1847)
Status not recordedowls
The jamaican owl (Asio grammicus) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 335 g.
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Quick facts about the jamaican owl
- Weight
- 335 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the jamaican owl live?
Not recorded
Is the jamaican owl endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the jamaican owl classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusAsio
- SpeciesAsio grammicus (Gosse, 1847)
Synonyms Ephialtes grammicus, Pseudoscops grammacus, Pseudoscops grammicus
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- بومة جامايكيةArabic
- mussol de JamaicaCatalan
- kalous jamajskýCzech
- JamaicaugleDanish
- JamaikaeuleGerman
- jamajka orelstrigoEsperanto
- Búho jamaicanoSpanish
- jamaika rätsEstonian
- jamaikanpöllöFinnish
- Hibou de JamaïqueFrench
- jamajčka sovaCroatian
- jamaicai bagolyHungarian
- Gufo della GiamaicaItalian
- ジャマイカズクJapanese
- PatooJamaican Creole English
- jamaikinis apuokėlisLithuanian
- Jamaicaanse UilDutch
- uszatka jamajskaPolish
- bufo-jamaicanoPortuguese
- coruja-jamaicanaPortuguese
- Ямайская соваRussian
- Ямайская совкаRussian
- myšiarka jamajskáSlovak
- Jamajkanska sovaSerbian
- jamaicaugglaSwedish
- Jamaika BaykuşuTurkish
- сова ямайськаUkrainian
- 牙买加鸮Chinese
- 牙買加鴞Chinese
Relatives of the jamaican owl
Other species in the same genus Asio.
Long-eared owl
Asio otus
Short-eared owl
Asio flammeus
Marsh owl
Asio capensis
Stygian owl
Asio stygius
Abyssinian owl
Asio abyssinicus
Striped owl
Asio clamator
CompareJamaican owl vs Long-eared owlJamaican owl vs Short-eared owlJamaican owl vs Marsh owlJamaican owl vs Stygian owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the jamaican owl?
An adult jamaican owl weighs 335 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the jamaican owl?
The jamaican owl (Asio grammicus) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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