Owls in Utah
Our list for Utah has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Utah 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
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
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