#1284 · 🐦 birds

Barred Owl

🇳🇱 Gestreepte Bosuil ·Strix varia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The barred owl ( Strix varia ), or northern barred owl or hoot owl , is a true owl native to eastern North America. Adults are large, and are brown to grey with barring on the chest. Barred owls have expanded their range to the west coast of the United States, where they are considered invasive. Mature forests are their preferred habitat, but they are also found in open woodland areas. Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, but...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 84,218iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
84,218 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Benjamin Smith Barton in 1799 (227 years ago).