Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
IUCN: Near Threatened
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Strix
- eBird Code
- spoowl
Subspecies (4)
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Strix occidentalis caurina
southern British Columbia southward to coast ranges of northern California (to Marin County)
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Strix occidentalis juanaphillipsae
central Mexico
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Strix occidentalis lucida
southwestern USA to central Mexico
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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
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.