Owls in Paraguay
Our list for Paraguay has 5 owls recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Paraguay in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorRare46–63 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
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
- 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