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    The Great Horned Owl is a large owl found throughout North and sometimes South America, with mottled gray-brown feathers, a reddish face, white throat, and yellow eyes. It has distinctive feathered tufts on its head, can grow up to 25 inches long with a 3 to 5 foot wingspan, and is known for its classic hoot call, though it is an elusive bird that perches in trees at dusk and nighttime to hunt prey twice its size like falcons, owls, rodents, and frogs, making it a top predator.

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    The Great Horned Owl is a large owl found throughout North and sometimes South America, with mottled gray-brown feathers, a reddish face, white throat, and yellow eyes. It has distinctive feathered tufts on its head, can grow up to 25 inches long with a 3 to 5 foot wingspan, and is known for its classic hoot call, though it is an elusive bird that perches in trees at dusk and nighttime to hunt prey twice its size like falcons, owls, rodents, and frogs, making it a top predator.

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    Great Horned Owl 1

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    The Great Horned Owl is a large owl found throughout North and sometimes South America, with mottled gray-brown feathers, a reddish face, white throat, and yellow eyes. It has distinctive feathered tufts on its head, can grow up to 25 inches long with a 3 to 5 foot wingspan, and is known for its classic hoot call, though it is an elusive bird that perches in trees at dusk and nighttime to hunt prey twice its size like falcons, owls, rodents, and frogs, making it a top predator.

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    Great Horned Owl Characteristics

    Bubo virginianus Appearance: Mottled gray-brown feathers;


    reddish tinged face; white throat; distinct yellow
    eyes; two feathered tufts on the top of head
    The Great Horned Owl can be found
    Size: 17''-25'' large; wingspan of 3'-5'
    throughout North America, and
    Call: Classic "hoot"
    sometimes is present in South America.
    It is known as an elusive bird, but its call Location: Perched in trees at dusk and nighttime
    is easy to identify. The Great Horned
    Owl can take down prey twice its size,
    and commonly hunts falcons, other owls,
    rodents, and frogs. Owls are nocturnal
    animals but are sometimes seen at
    dawn and dusk as well.

    Fun Facts Sources


    The Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    depicted in comic books, movies, and books. World Wildlife Foundation
    The Nature Conservancy
    Picture: Megan Leich

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