Steve Metz - North American and Neotropical Owls

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All photographs on this page were taken by Steve Metz.
Copyright 2001.
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North American Owls
(all 19 US and Canadian owl species are represented here)
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Barn Owl 16 inches Distribution - Several subspecies - world-wide	Short-eared Owl 15 inches Distribution - North America, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Caribbean, South America, northern Africa ...	Long-eared Owl 15 inches Distribution - British Isles, Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia throughout Europe to the Canary Islands and Northern Africa, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan, Canada, US. Winters in Mexico, Gulf coast, Florida, Cuba, northern Africa and southern Asia ...	Great Horned Owl 22 inches Distribution - North America, Mexico, Central America, South America ...
Barred Owl 21 inches Distribution - Canada, US, Mexico	Great Grey Owl 27 inches Distribution - Sweden, Finland, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, western Canada to Ontario, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan ...	California (Northern) Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) 17 1/2 inches Distribution - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California	Snowy Owl 23 inches Distribution - Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories. Winters south to northern US, Europe, China, Japan
Eastern Screech-Owl (Grey Morph) 8 1/2 inches Distribution - Central and eastern US and Canada	Eastern Screech-Owl (Red Morph) 8 1/2 inches Distribution - Central and eastern US and Canada	Western Screech-Owl 8 1/2 inches Distribution - Alaska, British Colombia, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Mexico	Whiskered Screech-Owl 7 1/4 inches Distribution - Arizona, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvadore, Nicaragua ...
Flammulated Owl 6 3/4 inches Distribution - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico	Elf Owl 5 3/4 inches Distribution - Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico	Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 6 3/4 inches Distribution - Arizona, Texas, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezueala, Trinidad, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Mexico ...	Northern Pygmy-Owl 6 3/4 inches Distribution - Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California ...
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8 inches Distribution - Canada, US, nothern Mexico	Northern Hawk Owl 16 inches Distribution - Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Alaska, Canada (except Nova Scotia, PEI), Minnesota	Boreal Owl 10 inches Distribution - Scandinavia, Russia, Pyreenees (locally in Europe), India, China, Japan, Siberia, Alaska, Canada, western US	Burrowing Owl 9 1/2 inches Distribution - Western Canada, west-central US, Mexico, Trinidad/Tobago, South America, Bahamas, Cuba

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Neotropical Owls
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Black-and-white Owl - Photo copyright Steve Metz

Black-and-white Owl
16 3/4 inches
Distribution - Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru

Crested Owl - Photo copyright Steve Metz

Crested Owl
15 1/2 inches
Distribution - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyane, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Mottled Owl - Photo copyright Steve Metz

Mottled Owl
13 inches
Distribution - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyane, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Spotted Owl - Photo copyright Steve Metz

Mexican (Mountain) Spotted Owl
(Strix occidentalis lucida)
17 1/2 inches
Distribution - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Mexico

Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl - Photo copyright Steve Metz

Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl
6 inches
Distribution - Mexico

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