Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
- Scientific name
- Bubo virginianus
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Horned Owl
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 15 subspecies for this species.
- Bubo virginianus algistus
- Bubo virginianus lagophonus
- Bubo virginianus saturatus
- Bubo virginianus pacificus
- Bubo virginianus subarcticus
- Bubo virginianus pallescens
- Bubo virginianus pinorum
- Bubo virginianus heterocnemis
- Bubo virginianus virginianus
- Bubo virginianus elachistus
- Bubo virginianus mayensis
- Bubo virginianus mesembrinus
- Bubo virginianus nigrescens
- Bubo virginianus nacurutu
- Bubo virginianus deserti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix virginiana
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- America = Virginia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.287
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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