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Owls (Strigidae)

Meet the 4 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Strigidae.

4birds in this collection

Puerto Rican Owl

Great Horned Owl

Burrowing Owl

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Owls (Strigidae)

Meet the 4 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Strigidae.

AI reconstruction of Puerto Rican Owl (Gymnasio nudipes)

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Puerto Rico endemicIUCN LC

Puerto Rican Owl

Múcaro Común

Gymnasio nudipes

Forest; woodland; karst; plantations and shade coffee↗

AI reconstruction of Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

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Uncertain originIUCN LC

Great Horned Owl

Búho Cornudo Americano

Bubo virginianus

forests↗

AI reconstruction of Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

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Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Burrowing Owl

Múcaro de Madriguera

Athene cunicularia

grasslands↗

AI reconstruction of Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

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ResidentIUCN LC

Short-eared Owl

Múcaro Real

Asio flammeus

Grassland; wetlands; open fields↗

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Occurrence in Puerto Rico

Resident Birds

Birds documented as year-round residents or resident breeders in the source catalog and Puerto Rico context records.

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19 birds

Puerto Rican originals

Living Endemic Birds

The extant endemic birds that make Puerto Rico one of the Caribbean's most distinctive birding destinations.

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65 birds

Birds by habitat

Grassland & Farmland Birds

Birds of pastures, grasslands, farms, open fields and savanna-like landscapes.

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328 birds

Conservation

Least Concern Birds

Puerto Rico bird records assigned to the IUCN category Least Concern.

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