Owls in Saskatchewan
Our list for Saskatchewan has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saskatchewan 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
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioScarceRare16–25 cmRegularly May
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