Owls in Mexico
Our list for Mexico has 14 owls recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Elf Owl 13–15 cm
- Northern Pygmy-owl 15–17 cm
- Flammulated Owl 15–17 cm
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl 15–19 cm
- Northern Saw-whet Owl 17–21 cm
- Whiskered Screech-owl 18–23 cm
- Eastern Screech-owl 16–25 cm
- Burrowing Owl 19–25 cm
- Western Screech-owl 19–25 cm
- Mottled Owl 30–38 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 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