Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls
Bubo
The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. The genus name Bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle-owl.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Great Horned Owl
speciesBubo virginianus
Snowy Owl
speciesBubo scandiacus
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo bubo
Spotted Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo africanus
Lesser Horned Owl
speciesBubo magellanicus
Rock Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo bengalensis
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo ascalaphus
Grayish Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo cinerascens
Cape Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo capensis
Arabian Eagle-Owl
speciesBubo milesi
Eurasian Eagle x Snowy Owl
hybridBubo bubo × scandiacus
Cuban Horned Owl
speciesBubo osvaldoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.414
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.612
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.127
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.115
The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1604 · p.62
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.123
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20034.