Family Strigidae: Typical Owls

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia (3) Barred Owl Strix varia
Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii (1) Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Long-eared Owl Asio otus (2)
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Boreal Owl Aegolius funerereus
Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma (1) Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus

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Last updated: August 16, 2007