Owls in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–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