Owls in West Virginia
Our list for West Virginia has 5 owls recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Saw-whet Owl 17–21 cm
- Eastern Screech-owl 16–25 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Barred Owl 43–50 cm
- Great Horned Owl 46–63 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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