Owls in Washington
Our list for Washington has 10 owls recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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