Owls in Idaho
Our list for Idaho has 9 owls recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Idaho 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
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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