Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusBubo (Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls)
- SpeciesBubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)
Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
Northern Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium californicum
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
American Barn Owl
Tyto furcata
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Horned Owl in Olympic National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Great Horned Owl sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 891 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Horned Owl in Olympic National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Great Horned Owl in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.