Owls in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 10 owls recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 summer visitors and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made