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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Strix

Spotted Owl

Strix occidentalis

IUCN: Near Threatened

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spoowl) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Strix

Subspecies (4)

Strix occidentalis caurina

southern British Columbia southward to coast ranges of northern California (to Marin County)
Strix occidentalis juanaphillipsae

central Mexico
Strix occidentalis lucida

southwestern USA to central Mexico
Strix occidentalis occidentalis

west side of the Sierra Nevada in California, and from Monterey County southward to San Diego County; formerly also northern Baja California (Sierra San Pedro Mártir, now extirpated)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spoowl) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.