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Owls

Owls in this database: 2 species, 1 of them threatened, recorded across 190 countries.

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Species filed
2
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
190
With a free photo
100%

All owls on file

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VU, Vulnerable
Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Snowy owl

Bubo scandiacus

Strigidae

Where are owls recorded?

Species on file in this group with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 1 speciesTanzania: 1 speciesW. Sahara: 1 speciesCanada: 2 speciesUnited States of America: 2 speciesKazakhstan: 1 speciesUzbekistan: 1 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 1 speciesArgentina: 1 speciesChile: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 1 speciesSomalia: 1 speciesKenya: 1 speciesSudan: 1 speciesChad: 1 speciesHaiti: 1 speciesDominican Rep.: 1 speciesRussia: 2 speciesBahamas: 1 speciesFalkland Is.: 1 speciesNorway: 2 speciesGreenland: 2 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 1 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 1 speciesUruguay: 1 speciesBrazil: 1 speciesBolivia: 1 speciesPeru: 1 speciesColombia: 1 speciesPanama: 1 speciesCosta Rica: 1 speciesEl Salvador: 1 speciesGuatemala: 1 speciesVenezuela: 1 speciesGuyana: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 2 speciesEcuador: 1 speciesPuerto Rico: 1 speciesJamaica: 1 speciesCuba: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 1 speciesBotswana: 1 speciesNamibia: 2 speciesSenegal: 1 speciesMali: 1 speciesMauritania: 1 speciesBenin: 1 speciesNiger: 1 speciesNigeria: 1 speciesCameroon: 1 speciesTogo: 1 speciesGhana: 1 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 1 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesSierra Leone: 1 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 1 speciesCongo: 1 speciesGabon: 1 speciesEq. Guinea: 1 speciesZambia: 1 speciesMalawi: 1 speciesMozambique: 1 specieseSwatini: 1 speciesAngola: 1 speciesBurundi: 1 speciesIsrael: 1 speciesLebanon: 1 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesPalestine: 1 speciesGambia: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 1 speciesJordan: 1 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 1 speciesQatar: 1 speciesKuwait: 1 speciesIraq: 1 speciesOman: 1 speciesVanuatu: 1 speciesThailand: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesMongolia: 1 speciesIndia: 1 speciesBangladesh: 1 speciesNepal: 1 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesAfghanistan: 1 speciesIran: 1 speciesSyria: 1 speciesArmenia: 1 speciesSweden: 2 speciesBelarus: 1 speciesUkraine: 2 speciesPoland: 2 speciesAustria: 1 speciesHungary: 2 speciesMoldova: 1 speciesRomania: 1 speciesLithuania: 2 speciesLatvia: 2 speciesEstonia: 2 speciesGermany: 2 speciesBulgaria: 1 speciesGreece: 1 speciesTurkey: 1 speciesAlbania: 1 speciesCroatia: 1 speciesSwitzerland: 1 speciesLuxembourg: 1 speciesBelgium: 2 speciesNetherlands: 2 speciesPortugal: 2 speciesSpain: 2 speciesIreland: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 1 speciesSolomon Is.: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 1 speciesAustralia: 1 speciesChina: 1 speciesItaly: 2 speciesDenmark: 2 speciesUnited Kingdom: 2 speciesIceland: 1 speciesAzerbaijan: 1 speciesGeorgia: 1 speciesMalaysia: 1 speciesSlovenia: 1 speciesFinland: 2 speciesSlovakia: 2 speciesCzechia: 2 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 1 speciesYemen: 1 speciesSaudi Arabia: 1 speciesCyprus: 1 speciesMorocco: 1 speciesEgypt: 1 speciesLibya: 1 speciesEthiopia: 1 speciesUganda: 1 speciesRwanda: 1 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 1 speciesMacedonia: 1 speciesSerbia: 1 speciesMontenegro: 1 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 1 speciesS. Sudan: 1 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. France2
  2. United Kingdom2
  3. Spain2
  4. Belgium2
  5. Portugal2
  6. Germany2
  7. United States2
  8. Namibia2
  9. Ireland2
  10. Netherlands2
  11. Italy2
  12. Sweden2
  13. Poland2
  14. Denmark2
  15. Czechia2
  16. Hungary2
  17. Ukraine2
  18. Canada2
  19. Slovakia2
  20. Norway2

How “owls” is defined here

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order Strigiformes

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