Owls in Honduras
Our list for Honduras has 6 owls recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Honduras in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–May
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusScarceRare41–46 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Pygmy-owl 15–17 cm
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl 15–19 cm
- Whiskered Screech-owl 18–23 cm
- Mottled Owl 30–38 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