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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus · Family Strigidae
Bubo virginianus
Family Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,650,777
- Countries and territories with records
- 35
About this species
This species has 1,650,777 occurrence records from 35 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (87.7%) and Canada (10.3%); together they account for 98% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Bubo virginianus combines the genus name Bubo with the species epithet virginianus. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Bubo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Bubo scandiacus, Bubo bubo and Bubo africanus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 217 species of the family Strigidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 31.4 times the family average (52,528). The family Strigidae belongs to the order Strigiformes, which has 233 species in the Warbla app catalog.