Owls in Manitoba
Our list for Manitoba has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Manitoba in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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