North American Owls
There are 21 owl species in North America…below are one of each.
Some lists only have 20 owl species. I have separated Mountain Pygmy Owl and Northern Pygmy Owl, making it 21.
Some lists also contain Brown Hawk Owl (only one recorded live occurrence in North America on St Paul Island, Alaska in 2007) and Oriental Scops-Owl (a few have been found in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska).
Barred Owl
Barn Owl
Boreal Owl
Burrowing Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Elf Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Flammulated Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long Eared Owl
Mottled Owl
Mountain Pygmy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Northern Saw-whet owl
Short Eared Owl
Snowy Owl
Spotted Owl
Western Screech Owl
Whiskered Screech Owl