Owls in Wyoming
Our list for Wyoming has 8 owls recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wyoming in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
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