Also known as

Latin name: Strix Varia | Spanish name: Buhu listado | French name: Chouette Rayee

Habitat

Barred Owls normally live in large mature forest, high up, and they also live near water.

Diet

Barred Owls eat a large variety of foods and animals.  such as mice, moles, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, possums, birds, fish, etc.  Young barred owls practice hunting by capturing insects, adults sit on a branch and then swoop down on their prey when ready.  barred Owls get poisoned by mice because they eat mice/rat poison.

Status

The barred Owl is one of many endangered species, but it is common in eastern North America.

Distinguishing Features

Barred owls usually have brown, almost black eyes, and brown and white feathers.  Barred Owls have a wingspan of 38-45 inches, and have a weight of around 630g (male) or 800g (female).  barred Owls have rounded heads, and distinct calls.  Their faces are concave (having an outline or surface that curves inward like the interior of a circle or sphere).  Barred owls live for 10 years in the wild and 23 years in captivity.  The darkest part of their barring is their upper chest, throat, and head.

Predators / Adoptions

A Great Horned owl and a raccoon are predators of a Barred owl.  a raccoon is a predator because they like to take their eggs and younglings from them.  Also sometimes collisions with vehicles and caught in traps meant for other animals.

Interesting Facts

The Barred Owl doesn’t have ear tufts.

They have a “concave” (indented) head.

The barred owl is usually found throughout Canada, United States and Mexico.

Female Barred owls are a third bigger than males but there plumages are about the same.

Audio

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/sounds

Fast Facts

The Barred owls lifespan are usually around 4 1/2 years in the wild by their own.

The world record for the longest living Barred owl is 18 years old a few months.

The Barred owl lays around two to three eggs.

Body length 16.9 – 19.7 inches 43 – 50 cm.

Some of the stomach feathers on the Barred owl are pink.

By: Kayla B., Nick R., Sarah W., Bradley H., Sara W.