Owls in Colombia
Our list for Colombia has 6 owls recorded regularly there: 6 residents
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Colombia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentRare30–38 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl 15–19 cm
- Burrowing Owl 19–25 cm
- Mottled Owl 30–38 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Stygian Owl 41–46 cm
- Great Horned Owl 46–63 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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