Owls in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 9 owls recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
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