Owls in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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